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First locomotive at the Transportation Day parade for La Fiesta de Los Angeles celebration, Los Angeles, 1931

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Title: First locomotive at the Transportation Day parade for La Fiesta de Los Angeles celebration, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa September 5, 1931]
1931-09-05
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
A wide street view shows spectators alongside the street watching a parade float featuring an old locomotive lead by several white horses.
This photograph was likely taken on September 5, 1931, during the Transportation Day parade. Thousands of spectators gathered to watch the Parade on opening weekend of la Fiesta de Los Angeles. The parade route was along Broadway, East First and Main Streets.
A different photograph taken on the same day appears with the article, "Thousands Line Streets to See 'Ghosts of Past,'" Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep 1931: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: La Fiesta Parade Date unknown
Handwritten on negative: La Fiesta, First Engine
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2546
ark:/21198/zz002dcbb0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Engines
Horses--California--Los Angeles
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Fiesta de Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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