Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with photo page, "Pageant of Liberty Stirs Throng of 50,000 at the Coliseum," Los Angeles Times, 6 Jul. 1926: A12. Two drummers and a fief player, along with a man carrying an American flag at the Pageant of Liberty. A reporter stands at the left holding a notebook. A float is visible in the background, along with other people dressed in Colonial garb. A crowd looks on at the right. Reported in the article, "Thousands Hail Liberty Drama: Pageant Stirs Emotions of Vast Coliseum Crowd: Historical Scenes Enacted at Patriotic Event: New Citizens Introduced as Feature of Spectacle," Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jul. 1926: A1. Text from newspaper caption: The Spirit of '76 Text from negative sleeve: Pageant of Liberty 1926
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7104 ark:/21198/zz002cxfkt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Historical pageants--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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