La Fiesta air race at Mines Field, ca.1936

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Photograph of La Fiesta air race at Mines Field, ca.1936. A crowd of people sit behind wire fences in the foreground while officers and camera men observe the race from beyond the fence. Planes fly over the air field at center. A large figure of a Mexican man in a sombrero stands at the center of the air field while a row of trees and hills stands across the far side in the distance.

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Title La Fiesta air race at Mines Field, ca.1936

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplane racing (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Los Angeles Airport (subject), Mines Field (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Aviation Meets (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1936

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1936

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13037

Identifier 36691 (accession number), CHS-36691 (call number), CHS-36691 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12566 (legacy record id), chs-m13037 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13189 (legacy record id), USC (project), 454 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12566

Unique identifier UC133763

Legacy Identifier CHS-36691.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 9.7 in × 7.9 in at 300dpi
24.8 cm × 20.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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