Dancers in the Old Spanish Days Fiesta seated on an old wagon at the courthouse, Santa Barbara, 1930

Item Overview

Title

Dancers in the Old Spanish Days Fiesta seated on an old wagon at the courthouse, Santa Barbara, 1930

Date Created

August 6, 1930

Date

1930-08-06

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A dance troupe of 8 women and one man performing in the Old Spanish Days Fiesta pose on an old wagon in front of the Jail Wing of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse at 1106 Santa Barbara Street

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Beautiful Senoritas Grace Relic of Adobe Days: This group of beautiful Spanish dancing senoritas graces the Santa Barbara fiesta which opened last night. They are grouped upon an ancient wagon reputed to have been brought to California in 1848 [Los Angeles Times, "Fete Hails Film Bride; Dolores Del Rio Marries; Mission Wedding Provides Romantic Touch to Fiesta Opening; Santa Barbara Celebrates Gay with Banners and Dancers," 8/7/1930]
Text from negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, Fiesta, 1930

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Old Spanish Days Fiesta (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Santa Barbara County Courthouse (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Longitude

34.424602486047400

Latitude

-119.70135301351500

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Carts & wagons--American--California--Santa Barbara
Dancers--American--California--Santa Barbara
Courthouses--California--Santa Barbara
Culture
Festivals--California--Santa Barbara
Arts
Events