Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Burlesque bullfight with an man dressed as a cameraman next to a camera on a tripod running from a small bull as 5 other actors in costume watch, including one in a top hat and coat tails, 2 women in Spanish style dress, and 2 in pirate style attire including polka dot head scarves, vests and wide sleeved white shirts and cropped wide trousers. Spectators watch from an elevated bench behind the stockyard fence. A few Los Angeles Times articles published between 1922-1924 report about "Charlotada" bullfights in Spain, which were burlesque bullfights featuring a Charlie Chaplin character as a toreador. These performances were part of an effort to have bullfights banned. One of the 3 photographs of this burlesque bullfight in Los Angeles shoes a Chaplinesque character (image ark no. 21198/zz002dbm9w). Handwritten on negative: Bull fight. S.P. Stockyards Text from negative sleeve: Bull fight. S.P. Stockyards
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1193 ark:/21198/zz002dbm8c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Stockyards--California--Los Angeles Bullfighting--California--Los Angeles
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