Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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 Stagecoach pulled by a team of 4 horses with passengers departing Los Angeles 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. On top of the coach are Jose Arias and his celebrated Mexican orchestra (Jose Arias Troubadours) playing guitars and a mandolin. The driver is Buster Trow (silent Westerns actor). Inside the coach Miss Irene Tillinghast, left (of the Los Angeles Museum of History and Science); and Orpha Klinker, right (California artist) are visible. "U.S. Mail" and "Louisville and ..." are painted on the stagecoach. A streetcar is visible behind the stagecoach. Text from negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, Fiesta, Aug. 18, 1932
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0785 ark:/21198/zz002db46k
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Transportation Festivals--California--Santa Barbara Musicians--Mexican--California--Los Angeles Stagecoaches--California--Los Angeles Horses--California--Los Angeles Events Music ensembles--California--Los Angeles Animals Trow, Buster Arias, Jose, 1889-1972 Klinker, Orpha Tillinghast, Irene E., 1895-1971 Old Spanish Days Fiesta (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Jose Arias Troubadours
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