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Title: Escondido booth at the Los Angeles County Fair, 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.
The Escondido booth at the Los Angeles County Fair, which is decorated in an Egyptian theme. There are large pillars and the base of the display is covered in gourds and other produce. Two women stand on the booth, both dressed in Egyptian costumes. There are children visible at the right, along with a man.
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.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Fair, 1929
Text from newspaper caption: "Times" Cameramen Drop in on Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona: Escondido Booth is Fine Example of Egyptian Decoration Dominating Show [Los Angeles Times, 18 Sept. 1929: A15]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5573
ark:/21198/zz002cvmsf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fairs--California--Pomona
Exhibit booths--California--Pomona
Agricultural exhibits--California--Pomona
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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