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Decorated float carrying members of the Mexican Association of Catholic Youth, Calexico (?), 1939

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Title: Decorated float carrying members of the Mexican Association of Catholic Youth, Calexico (?), 1939
Date Created and/or Issued: circa March 1, 1939
1939-03-01
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.
Possibly related to the dedication of the new church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Calexico. Reported in "Catholics set for dedication," Los Angeles Times, 26 March 1939: B14.
Six visible girls, some dressed as angels, and a man wearing a white shirt and trousers, on a float covered with light colored fabric and decorated with leaves, flowers, and a tall structure with a painting of the Lady of Guadalupe, most likely. A flatbed truck carries the float. On the side and back of the float are two medallions with Greek crosses and the letters ACJM, which probably stand for the Mexican Association of Catholic Youth.
Text from negative sleeve: 15833. Our Lady. Guadalupe. Return to News Bureau. Wallace Nepo. [Stamped:] Mar 1 1939.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14870
ark:/21198/zz002j8j9p
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Organizations--California
Catholic children--California, Southern
Floats (Parades)--California
Guadalupe, Our Lady of
Mexican Association of Catholic Youth
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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