Young women in Spanish costumes placing candles cake that has a model of Los Angeles City Hall on top, ca.1930

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Photograph of four young women in Spanish costumes placing candles on a 5-ft tall cake that has a model of Los Angeles City Hall on top, ca.1930. A cake with three large tiers stands in the center on trimmed grass. The cake appears to be made of inedible material and is styled in wedding form with large candlesticks places around each tier. The top of the cake is decorated with a model of a tall lightly colored building. Two women stand to the right while a third woman stands on the left and a fourth woman kneels in the center. All of the women wear costumes with elaborate headdresses that include long veils and ruffled skirts. In the background, the ground of what seems to be a public park are visible with benches, palm trees, paths, and a few people walking around.

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Title Young women in Spanish costumes placing candles cake that has a model of Los Angeles City Hall on top, ca.1930

Subject Anniversaries (lcsh), Festivals and parades -- General (file heading), Los Angeles City Hall (corporate name), Parks (adlf), Rites and ceremonies (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1930

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10480

Identifier 40442 (accession number), CHS-40442 (call number), CHS-40442 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13547 (legacy record id), chs-m10480 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-10627 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13547

Unique identifier UC137604

Legacy Identifier CHS-40442.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 9.0 in × 10.8 in at 300dpi
23.0 cm × 27.6 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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