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. The children delighted in the festivities surrounding Olvera Street, donning velvet jackets and embroidered dresses. There was an acrobatic monkey performing, as well as the Mascaras, whose masks were created by Ramon Rodriguez. Two young girls stare are held in the arms of the figures around them, wearing dresses, scarves, jackets and large masks complete with hats, facial hair and large facial features. Photograph appears with the article, "Unique Lane Has Fiesta Sabado de Gloria," Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr 1936: A2. Text from newspaper caption: Three of the most popular of the Mascaras are El Bobo, left, who is bothered by a butterfly on the nose; Fanfarron, the Text from negative sleeve: 4775 - Alice Saucedo Carlos Figueroa Bertha Perez + Olivera St Mascaras 6th Anniv. of Olvera Street Fiesta Sabado de Gloria 4/11/36 [stamped:] Apr 14 1936 Handwritten on negative: Olivera Street Mascara's 4/4/36
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13965 ark:/21198/zz002j7g35
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Celebrations--California--Los Angeles Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Children--California--Los Angeles Costumes--Mexican Masks--Mexican--California--Los Angeles
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