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Mexican American girl in costume dancing with mariachi band at opening of Good Neighbor Week in Los Angeles, Calif., 1964

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Title: Mexican American girl in costume dancing with mariachi band at opening of Good Neighbor Week in Los Angeles, Calif., 1964
Date Created and/or Issued: February 18, 1964
1964-02-18
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: GAIETY OF MEXICO-Little Norma Lopez, 4, dances gayly at the City Hall rotunda as a mariachi band serenades the city to open Good Neighbor Week. The serenade is a gesture in advance of the all-out observance in Los Angeles which will be climaxed by the visit of President Johnson and President Adolfo Lopez-Mateos of Mexico to Southern California. Mayor Samuel W. Yorty and Horace Brewer of the Downtown Business Men's Assn. thanked the mariachis.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b522_223032
ark:/21198/zz0002s1wd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Youth
Mariachi--California
Culture
Ethnic costume--Mexico
Mexican American children--California--Los Angeles County
Events
Dancers--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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