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Title: Mexico Olympics parade float
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: LeRoy, Mel
Date Created and/or Issued: 1968
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Among the many parade floats in the Mexican independence parade on September 15, 1968, is a salute in the shape of a giant sombrero to the forthcoming Olympic games in Mexico City, replete with mariachi band. Location is First and Lorena Streets in East Los Angeles. Burgermeister Beer is a sponsor of the float.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00049686
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 383.
CARL0000053698
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/18161
Subject: Burgermeister Beer
Parade floats--California--East Los Angeles
Mexican Americans--California--East Los Angeles
Olympic Games (19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico)
Parades--California--East Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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