Peggy Hamilton wearing a Spanish costume and speaking into a microphone as "Queen of Fiesta," Ontario, circa 1931
Contributor
Adams, Peggy Hamilton, -- 1890-1984 (subject) University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) Fiesta de Los Angeles--150th Birthday (1931 : Los Angeles, Calif.) (subject)
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Description
Text from note with negative: The dress and mantilla are described in Peggy Hamilton’s Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," July 19, 1931, pg. H3. Peggy Hamilton wearing a Spanish costume as official "Queen of Fiesta," at the First Californians pageant and fiesta. Hamilton's costume is a Spanish style gown in tulle shaded from pale yellow to red, a finely beaded bodice and roses at the waist and hand-made mantilla over 150 years old worn over a high comb and covering her head and shoulders. Text from negative sleeve: Peggy Hamilton wearing Spanish costume 1931. Broadcasting "Queen of Fiesta" LA Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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