Image / Two little girls and three Mascaras, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Two little girls and three Mascaras, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 14, 1936
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.
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.
A girl sits on the lap of one of the Mascaras, feeling part of his mask.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Unique Lane Has Fiesta Sabado de Gloria," Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr 1936: A2.
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 St Mascaras 4/4/36
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13968
ark:/21198/zz002j7g6q
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
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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