US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. A bearded man, William Parmalee (left), rides alongside a driver on a covered wagon pulled by horses. Behind them are two indigenous men on horseback, also part of the parade. This photograph appears with the headline, “City Acclaims La Fiesta Opening in Colorful Pageant,” Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep 1931: A1. 200,000 spectators gathered to watch the Parade of Four Flags on opening day of la Fiesta de Los Angeles. The parade route was along Figueroa St, between Olympic Blvd and Washington Blvd. Handwritten on negative: Covered wagon La Fiesta Text from newspaper caption: Covered Wagon Featuring William Parmalee Text from negative sleeve: Parade La Fiesta no contacts Sept. 1931 not printed 8/79
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2541 ark:/21198/zz002dcb5d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles Covered wagons--California--Los Angeles Parmalee, William Fiesta de Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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