Image / Governor James Rolph delivers speech at "Birthday Fiesta Pageant," Los Angeles, 1932

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Title: Governor James Rolph delivers speech at "Birthday Fiesta Pageant," Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: September 5, 1932
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Rolph, dressed in some sort of Spanish costume, stands before a microphone to deliver a speech, likely at the City Hall steps, where the parade began and ended. The celebration marks the anniversary of Spanish settlers' "founding" of Los Angeles.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, “ROMANTIC PAST OF CITY REVIEWED ON BIRTHDAY,” Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 1932: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles celebrations, Fiesta 1932 x
Handwritten on negative: Gov Rolph
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5843
ark:/21198/zz002cvz3x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Governors--American--California--Los Angeles
Rolph, James, 1869-1934
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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