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Title
Pan American Day celebration
Date Created and/or Issued
April 14, 1946
1946-04-14
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Photographed from left to right are Jorge Maroto, Manuel Aguilar, Mayor Fletcher Bowron, and Gabriela Mistral.
Pan American Day was first celebrated on April 14, 1931 to commemorate the 1890 establishment of the Union of American Republics, later called the Pan American Union. This body subsequently evolved into the Organization of American States. Pan American Day is an international holiday that celebrates the cultures of North and South American nations and stresses inter-American goodwill.
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/13030/hb5z09p0hp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Pan American Day
Events
International
Latin Americans
Culture
Maroto, Jorge
International Trade and Export Development Program (Organization of American States)
Aguilar, Manuel
Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957
Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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