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Title: Mildred Howell Lewis, winner of the 1896 Fiesta de las Flores of Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 4, 1936
1936-04-04
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A young Mrs. Lewis is shown dressed in an elegant gown complete with crown, scepter and a very long cloak on the day of her award.
Mildred Howell Lewis was crowned queen of the third Los Angeles Fiesta de las Flores in 1896, but lost the medal that went along with the honor, until it was discovered recently by two blacksmiths shifting through ash heaps recently in Santa Ana.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Long-Lost Gift Found," Los Angeles Times, 03 Apr 1936: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: 4612 - Mrs Mildred Howell Lewis 1896 Fiesta Queen 4/2/36 [stamped:] Apr 9 – 1936
Handwritten on negative: Mrs Mildred Howell Lewis 4/2/36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13811
ark:/21198/zz002j78sm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Scepters
Portrait photographs
Crowns
Medals
Awards
Lewis, Mildred Howell, b. 1873
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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