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Title
Woman wearing traditional Latvian costume
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection
Contributor
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1953
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and educational use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/orderinguse.html for additional information.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Description
Photo of a woman wearing traditional Latvian costume. She is standing on Boyle Avenue, in front of the International Institute where they hold their annual event, where she performed in a group dance. Note the Los Angeles Music and Art School in the background. Photo taken: October 1953.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00005566
Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: Latvian American Community
S-012-133 120
CARL0000043631
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/79067
Subject
International Institute of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Music and Art School
Costumes
Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
Shades of L.A. Latvian American photographs
Source
Hofmanis, Helena.

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