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. Los Angeles County Fair attendance is up 15% higher than the previous year's. Photograph appears with the article, "County Fair Bidding For All-Time Records," Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep 1936: 17. Mary stands in front of several potted flowers. She wears a floor-length black dress with a floral pattern and a headdress that looks like it is made of black lace. A flower is pinned to the side of her head and she holds a fan in one hand. The photograph appears to have water damage as shown by the creases over the picture. Text from negative sleeve: 6639 - Angelica Ficker Violet Sasaki Mrs M.C. Kennedy Lilly Moore Chas Comerford Dean Wilson Evelyn Macias L. A Co Fairs Exhibits 9/18/36 (all safety?) [stamped:] ? 21 1936 Handwritten on negative: Mrs M. C Kennedy9/18/36 Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Mary C. Kennedy, secretary of the Pomona Valley Historical Society and more than fifty years a resident of Pomona, was one of the first to suggest a fiesta which this year is featuring the Los Angeles County Fair. She is shown wearing a Spanish costume. Despite her years, Mrs. Kennedy is active in helping stage the spectacle.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14539 ark:/21198/zz002j84wp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Historical societies--California--Pomona Costumes--Spanish Kennedy, Mary C Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
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