Title supplied by cataloger. 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.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;14 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) California--History--Centennial celebrations, etc Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--Centennial celebrations, etc
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