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Hand-drawn steamer on view at a Transportation Day parade during La Fiesta de Los Angeles celebration, Los Angeles, 1931

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Title: Hand-drawn steamer on view at a Transportation Day parade during 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.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "Thousands Line Streets to See 'Ghosts of Past,'" Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep 1931: A1.
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.
A platform with a "Hand Drawn Silby Steamer" from the Lyon Pony Express Museum in Pasadena sits on a platform, attached to another float. Spectators are lined up along the street to watch the parade.
Handwritten on negative: Lyon Entry, La Fiesta
Text from negative sleeve: La Fiesta Parade Date unknown
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2550
ark:/21198/zz002dcbg2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Fiesta de Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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