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Title
Desert Circus celebration in Palm Springs
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated March 18, 1939 reads, "Rip-roaring-est town in the west this week is Palm Springs, which is celebrating its annual Desert Circus, with everybody dressed up in old-time costumes. Above, pretty girls in boots, shorts, masks, and ginghams on a parade float."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094559
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 88
CARL0005022626
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/29475
Subject
Desert Circus (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Celebrations--California--Palm Springs
Americans--Clothing--19th century
Stagecoaches--California--Palm Springs
Horses--California--Palm Springs
Women--California--Palm Springs
Palm Springs (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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