Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. From left to right, Mexican Consul to San Diego, Ruben C. Navarro, and Don Francisco Castillo Najera, Mexican Ambassador to the United States stand and converse with one another in the Grand Central Air Terminal's terminal. Ruben C. Navarro stands facing towards the right and Don Francisco Castillo Najera stands facing the left. He also holds a cigarette in his hand. Behind and to the right of Don Francisco Castillo Najera, his secretary, Rafael Fuentes stands in partial view along the left edge. A balcony at left and a gallery of windows line the terminal's clerestory. Possibly related to the article, "EXPOSITION OPENS TODAY ON SCHEDULE: Plan Set Despite Rain Threat Merriam, With American and Mexican Diplomats, Will Be Guests," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 1936: 1 Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 3696-- [typescript:] Don Francisco Carillo [sic] Najera Mexican Ambassador to the United States [end typescript] Ruben C. Navarro (Mexican Consul - San Diego) (arrival of Ambassador - Grand Central Airport 2/12/36 [stamped:] FEB 18 1936 Handwritten on negative: Ruben C. Navarro Don Francisco Carillo [sic] Najera
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12776 ark:/21198/zz002hmv72
Subject
Arrivals & departures--Mexican--California--Glendale Conversation Ambassadors--Mexican--California--Glendale Airport terminals--California--Glendale Visits of state--Mexican--California--Glendale Consuls--Mexican--California--Glendale Navarro, Rubén C Grand Central Air Terminal (Glendale, Calif.) Castillo Najera, Francisco, 1886-1954 Fuentes, Rafael
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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