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Parade float at the La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, Los Angeles, 1931

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Title: Parade float at the La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa September 4, 1931]
1931-09-04
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A parade float depicting a mountain with a bear at its peak is lead by four horses. A driver and indigenous man are standing on the float while three other men walk alongside the horses.
This photograph was likely taken on September 4, 1931, during the Parade of Four Flags. 200,000 spectators gathered to watch the Parade 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: Parade La fiesta
Text from negative sleeve: La Fiesta Parade Date unknown
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2545
ark:/21198/zz002dcb9g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Indigenous peoples--California
Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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