Title supplied by cataloger. Two men lead a team of oxen, pulling a carreta full of women wearing old Western costume, to Los Angeles City Hall to celebrate the centennial of the first raising of the American flag in Los Angeles; the women are identified as: Blanche Taylor, Marilyn Simmons, Maria Cain, and MaryAnn Baird. The oxen and carreta 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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