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Title
Zoot suits at Hollenbeck Park, Boyle Heights
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Photo Collection;
Creator
Mirano, Virgil
Contributor
Part of the Los Angeles Neighborhoods Project. Made accessible through a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1998
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
Three men dressed in zoot suits walk alongside a cart vendor at Hollenbeck Park, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. The young men are part of a Quinceanera's royal court, and are known as "Chambelanes" ('escorts').
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 34 cm. on sheet 28 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00092258
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection;
GPC_b4_f3_i29; A-009-369 4x5
CARL0004990861
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3894
Subject
Quincean~era (Social custom)--California--Los Angeles
Street vendors--California--Los Angeles
Young men--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles)
Hollenbeck Park (Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs

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