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Title
Centennial celebration
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Stewart, Lucille
Date Created and/or Issued
1946
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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Two women, Marilyn Simmons and Maria Cain, in old Western costume alight from a wooden carreta with the asistance of a man, also in period costume, at the centennial celebration commemorating the first raising of the American flag in Los Angeles. The carreta, or cart, was driven by a team of oxen and traveled for three days from San Pedro, following the route that Commodore Robert F. Stockton took. Twenty-five thousand people attended the event held on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall. Photograph dated August 13, 1946.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;14 x 11 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00091126
Lucille Stewart Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_b14_f7_i6; GPC_b15_f7_i6_N
CARL0005008812
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123675
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
California--History--Centennial celebrations, etc
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--Centennial celebrations, etc

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