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Title
Boy receives a gift while visiting a Santa Claus, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa December, 1938]
1938-12
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Possibly related to the article, "Santas Wired For Sound," Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 1938: A16
From left to right, a Santa Claus sits in his display and a boy stands in front of him. The boy holds onto a small gift as he stands facing Santa Claus. Santa Claus looks towards the boy while holding a crumpled, brown bag in front of him. He sits in a small Christmas display. The back of Santa Claus' chair is shaped like a Christmas tree. It is recessed in a little alcove. A candy-cane striped column rises behind Santa Claus and a deer figure stands to the right of it.
A similar photograph of the same event is captioned, “Awe of St. Nick Robs Her of Speech This little girl is overcome with shyness as she finds herself in presence of Santa and can't tell him right off what she wants in her stocking. Times photo,” Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 1938: A16
Text from negative sleeve: 15201 Christmas 1938 (kids seeing Santa)
Handwritten on negative: 225 X mas
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11937
ark:/21198/zz002h8ssw
Subject
Christmas decorations
Children--California--Los Angeles
Manners & customs--California--Los Angeles
Salutations--California--Los Angeles
Christmas presents
Christmas
Santa Claus
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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