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Title
Olga Celeste stands in front of the Ontario booth at the Los Angeles County Fair along with her leopard, Pomona, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa September 1929]
1929-09
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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Fair at Pomona Best in History: Los Angeles County Events Now in Full Blast: Exhibits Excel All Records in Size and Beauty: Race Track Laurels Expected to Set New Mark," 18 Sept. 1929: A1.
Olga Celeste stands in front of the Ontario booth at the Los Angeles County Fair along with her leopard. The booth is a structure lined with what may be fruit and topped with a pointed dome. Celeste wears a knee-length jacket, boots, and a hat. There are plants in the foreground, as well as what may be more fruit.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Fair, 1929
Text from newspaper caption: "Times" Cameramen Drop in on Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona: Olga Celeste and Her Leopard Are Attractions at Ontario Booth [Los Angeles Times, 18 Sept. 1929: A15]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5572
ark:/21198/zz002cvmrx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fairs--California--Pomona
Exhibit booths--California--Pomona
Leopards--United States
Celeste, Olga, 1888-1969
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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