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Title: Riding a camel at the Exposition
Alternative Title: Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.; Print contains three images.
At the 1928 Pacific Southwest Exposition in Long Beach, a costumed woman in a veil rides a two-humped camel in front of a group of spectators. "The Bazaar of Tunis" is written on the wall to identify this area of the Exposition. Written underneath in Arabic is "The Tunisian Street". The Exposition was launched to commemorate the landing of the Spanish padres and the founding of California. The Exposition buildings, designed by architect Hugh R. Davies, were modeled on North Africa's walled cities. Photograph dated: [1928].
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;10 x 12 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00077497
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
N-001-361.3 4x5
CARL0000079192
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111094
Subject: Pacific Southwest Exposition--(1928 :--Long Beach, Calif.)
Exhibitions--California--Long Beach
Bactrian camel--California--Long Beach
Costumes
Long Beach (Calif.)

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