Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of the large wooden cross at the south end of Olvera Street, on a stepped circular, river stone base, bearing a floral wreath and sign in memory of Will Rogers and a large candle. The sign reads: "Will Rogers / Los Mexicanes De La Calle Olvera Lamentan In Muerta." A woman in Spanish dress a black veil over head kneels before the cross. Handwritten on negative: Olvera St. Cross ... Rogers. Sept/35 Text from negative sleeve: Olvera St. Cross in memory of Will Rogers. 9/35. 1619. NITRATE. Sept. 7, 1935. 1 neg.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0055 ark:/21198/zz002d97xf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Culture Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) People Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
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