Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of participants in the Olvera Street memorial service for Los Angeles Times columnist Harry Carr, beneath a striped canvas awning with mourners beneath umbrellas further back. The Chito Montoya stringed orchestra plays in the foreground and singers face a microphone (for radio KMTR), in the center. It is draped with a black wreath and black-rimmed photograph of Mr. Carr bearing the farewell "Vaya Va Con Dios." Ernesto A. Romero, Vice-Culsul for Mexico in Los Angeles, wears a trench coat and glasses (right). In front of him in a black lace veil and holding a sheet of music is Consuela de Bonzo, a Mexican community leader (owner of the restaurant Casa La Golondrina at 17 Olvera St.). Text from negative sleeve: 3100. 1.13.36. Olvera Street. Doings for Harry Carr. 1-11-36. Related to the article, "Olvera Street Service Honors Departed Friend," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 1936: A2.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10911 ark:/21198/zz002hb1pm
Language
Spanish
Subject
Memorial rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Romero, Ernesto A. (Ernesto Angel), 1896-1963 Carr, Harry, 1877-1936 Chito Montoya Orchestra De Bonzo, Consuela Castillo, 1898-1977
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