Portrait of people standing on a balcony above a sign advertising "The Booster's Annual New Year's Eve Free Street Dance and Festival" in Redondo Beach, 1926

Description

Photographic portrait of people standing on a balcony above a sign advertising "The Booster's Annual New Year's Eve Free Street Dance and Festival" in Redondo Beach, 1926. Nine individuals are pictured on the balcony, five women and four men. The men are dressed in suits, while the women are dressed in identical tunics and crowns. The sexes alternate girl-boy-girl-boy across the line from left to right. Below, a stand that appears to be a food vendor is situated in the lower floor of the building, American flags decorating the interior of the kitchen. A sign up and to the right reads "10 cents" while one to the left reads "Root Beer".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m6500

Names & Dates

Created:

1926

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Dance , Holidays , Signs and signboards , Carnivals , New Year , [file heading] Los Angeles County -- Redondo Beach -- General views -- Panoramas , buildings

Coverage:

1926

Place:

[cities] Redondo Beach
[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

negatives (photographic)
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m6500

Source:

[record id] USC-0-1-1-6615
[accession no] 12750
[call no] CHS-12750
[microfiche no] 1-42-40