Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A series of special events and entertainment including parades, music, and a coronation ceremony honoring the King and Queen of the festival - Thomas W. Temple and Gabriela Quiroz are some events of the three-day festival marking the Old Mission's 164th birthday anniversary. Photograph appears with the article, "San Gabriel in Gay Color," Los Angeles Times, 07 Sep 1935: A5. Mayor Evans places a crown on Gabriela's head. She wears a sash over her white dress. Thomas stands on the other side of her wearing a charro suit and sombrero, which Mayor Evans also wears. Text from negative sleeve: 2050 - Preview of crowning fiesta Queen left to right. Mayor Glenn Evans, Gabriela Quiroz, Thomas Workman Temple 2nd. San Gabriel Fiesta 7-7-35 [stamped:] Sep 18 1935 Handwritten on negative: Thomas Workman Temple 2nd Gabriela Quiroz Glenn Evans Text from newspaper caption: A preview coronation of Gabriela Quiroz as queen of La Fiesta de San Gabriel, opening today, was held yesterday. Left to right, Mayor Evans, Miss Quiroz and Thomas W. Temple.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8428 ark:/21198/zz002dg9gx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Anniversaries--California--San Gabriel Mayors--California--San Gabriel Festivals--California--San Gabriel Crowns Quiroz, Gabriela, 1909-2006 Temple, Thomas Workman, 1905-1972 Evans, Glenn E., b. 1893
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