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Title
Duke and Duchess of Alba depart by train, Pasadena, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued
October 13, 1924
1924-10-13
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
View of eight members of the traveling ducal party on the platform of the last car of a train. A circular sign bears the name of the train, "California Santa Fe Limited." The Duke and Duchess of Alba stand at the center, with one woman in between them. The three look down at their two hosts on the ground, the actors Douglas Fairbanks (L) and Mary Pickford (R). Reported in "Alba Promises to Return," Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1924: A12.
Text from negative sleeve: Alba, Duke & Duchess of.
Handwritten on negative: Duke & Duchess of Alba
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3690_G028
ark:/21198/z1v46mwd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Visits of state--Spanish--California--Los Angeles
Arrivals & departures--Spanish--California--Pasadena
Alba de Tormes, María del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, Duquesa de, 1900-1934
Santa Fe Depot (Pasadena, Calif.)
Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979
Alba, Jacobo Stuart Fitz-James y Falcó, duque de, 1878-1953
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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