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Title: Parade floats at the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: September 20, 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 historical pageant, La Fiesta de la Rancho San Jose, at the Los Angeles County Fair celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first Spanish settlers, Don Ygnacio Palomares and Don Arcardo Vejar to the Pomona Valley.
Different photographs of the parade taken on the same occasion appear with the article, “County Fair Fiesta Recalls Settling of Pomona Valley,” Los Angeles Times, 21 Sept. 1936: 1, 7, 20.
On the left, Queen Califia riding under a golden canopy guarded by “Amazon warriors” with bronze shields. A float representing the Historical Society of Southern California follows, with girls carrying flags of Spain, England, Russia, Argentina, Mexico, the California Republic, and the United States.
Text from negative sleeve: 6639 – L. A. county Fair – Pageant (nitrate + safety) Sept. – 1936 (1 removed for cleaning) Box 5 [stamped, twice:] OCT 7 - 1936
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14529
ark:/21198/zz002j84jh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Grandstands--California--Pomona
Parade floats
Fairs--California--Pomona
Parades & processions--California--Pomona
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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