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San Gabriel Mission depicted on a float at La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, Los Angeles, 1931

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Title: San Gabriel Mission depicted on a float at 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.
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.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "Throngs View Gala Pageant," Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep 1931: A1.
A replica of the San Gabriel Mission sits atop a platform featuring a mural painted along its sides. Four horses drive the float with four men in costume walking alongside them.
Handwritten on negative: San Gabriel Mission, La Fiesta
Text from negative sleeve: La Fiesta Parade Date unknown
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2547
ark:/21198/zz002dcbch
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Parade floats--California--Los Angeles
Fiesta de Los Angeles
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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