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Title
Los Angeles Bicentennial, La Plaza
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
1981
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The Charro Cavalcade on September 2, 1981 celebrated the arrival of Mexican charros who had departed on horseback a month earlier from Mexico City. They, as well as local charros, were greeted and honored by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and Mexico City Mayor Prof. Carlos Hank Gonzales during an hour-long public ceremony at La Plaza.
Crowds of school children and teachers wave Mexican and American flags while watching the Charro Cavalcade, one of the special events celebrating the Los Angeles Bicentennial, on September 2 at La Plaza.
Type
image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00160928
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b123_f1_s6
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/134404
Subject
Celebrations
Crowds
School children
Teachers
Flags--Mexico
Flags--United States
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Anniversaries, etc
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1981-1990
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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