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Title
Centinela Springs Pageant rehearsal with Owen Evans, Centinela Park, Inglewood, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
August 12, 1935
1935-08-12
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Owen Evans (baritone) as Toh-kah-la, photographed wearing a beaded chest piece, loin cloth and moccasins, and shooting a bow and arrow. Photo taken during a rehearsal for the Centinela Springs pageant at Inglewood Bowl, Centinela Park (Edward Vincent Jr. Park ).
A different photograph featuring Owen Evans as Toh-kah-la taken on the same occasion appears as a photo standalone, "Pageant Characters Rehearse," Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 1935: 6.
Text from negative sleeve: 1736. Roy Cronkhite age 11 with Spotty at the mutt show in Hollywood. 4636 Vineland Ave. [Handwritten:] Owen Evans - baritone as Toh-kah-la. Bonnie Emene (sp?) - soprano, as Princess Centinela. 7-31-35. See 8/12/35 article. 5th annual Centinela Springs pageant @ Inglewood Bowl, Centinela Park (Centinela Days!).
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10103
ark:/21198/zz002ddvtx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Open-air theatrical productions--California--Inglewood
Pageants--California--Inglewood
Singers
Edward Vincent Jr. Park (Inglewood, Calif.)
Evans, Owen
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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