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 Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A large crowd of hundreds of people line up at food service tables in California Zoological Gardens and receive barbecue lunches. The camera views the scene from overhead. In the foreground at center, a couple women stand behind a serving table and dish out barbecue to picnic attendees standing at left. One man looks at the women while he waits for his food and the man next to him holds a plate of food. Many others line up behind them. In the lower left corner, a woman stands and wipes her face. To the right of the service tables, crates of food line the back edge of the service area. A few workers mill about at right. In the background, the crowd occupies the park grounds as they extend into the distance. This photograph appears with the article, "Army of men, women and children at benefit event: BARBECUE DRAWS THRONG sixty thousand assemble for annual festivities of sheriff's relief association," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jul. 1934: A1. Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF, BARBACUE [sic] 1934 [handwritten text:] Barbecue Text from newspaper caption: Thousands Attend Peace Officers' Fete Part of a crowd of 60,000 men, women and children who crowded the serving tables at the annual Sheriff's Relief Association barbecue at the California Zo-ological Gardens yesterday. In addition to the food, served from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the throng was entertained with continuous vaudeville for eleven hours. Each plate of food contained a liberal silce [sic] of properly barbecued steak, beans and relish and a bun, with a cup of coffee [Los Angeles Times, 16 Jul. 1934: A1]
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5710 ark:/21198/zz002cvshq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Eating & drinking--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Barbecues--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles County (Calif.). Sheriff’s Department California Zoological Gardens
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