Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Los Angeles Mayor John C. Porter bids farewell to group in 19th century costumes departing Los Angeles in a stagecoach for the 2-day journey to the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara, where they were to participate in the parade and deliver an invitation to the Los Angeles World Congress of Rough Riders and Rodeo. The group includes: (front, L to R) Hilton McCabe, Francis Josef Hickson (stage actor), Marion Parks (California history advocate), John C. Porter, Thomas Workman Temple (early California family member), (in coach, L to R) Miss Irene Tillinghast (of the Los Angeles Museum of History and Science), Orpha Klinker (California artist), (on top) Jose Arias, left, and his celebrated Mexican orchestra (Jose Arias Troubadours) holding guitars and possibly a mandolin, with driver Buster Trow (silent Westerns actor). "U.S. Mail" and "Louisville and..." are painted on the stagecoach. A similar photograph appears in the Los Angeles Times, "Stage Coach Party Off On 'Long Trip,' Santa Barbara's Gay Fiesta Goal of Old-Time Travelers," 8/17/1932 Text from negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, Fiesta, Aug. 18, 1932
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0781 ark:/21198/zz002db42h
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Festivals--California--Santa Barbara Events Music ensembles--California--Los Angeles Stagecoaches--California--Los Angeles Entertainment Culture Musicians--Mexican--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Old Spanish Days Fiesta (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Porter, John C. (John Clinton), 1871-1959 Parks, Marion Klinker, Orpha Jose Arias Troubadours Trow, Buster Temple, Thomas Workman, 1905-1972 McCabe, Hilton H Tillinghast, Irene E., 1895-1971 Arias, Jose, 1889-1972 Hickson, Francis Joseph, 1896-1967
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