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Maria Escalera with her son Leo on her 126th birthday in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

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Title: Maria Escalera with her son Leo on her 126th birthday in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949
Date Created and/or Issued: March 3, 1949
1949-03-03
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: RECOLLECTIONS -- Maria Escalera with her son Leo, acting as interpreter, recalls the stories her mother had told of her youth and of her life "126 summers long."
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b60_56452
ark:/21198/zz0002vdwm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Older Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles County
Centenarians--California--Los Angeles
People
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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