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. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Unique Lane Has Fiesta Sabado de Gloria," Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr 1936: A2. The male and female Mascaras bow to one another. Handwritten on negative: Mascaras on Olivera St 4/11 36 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
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13969 ark:/21198/zz002j7g77
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Masks--Mexican--California--Los Angeles Costumes--Mexican Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Celebrations--California--Los Angeles
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