San Gabriel Mission depicted on a float at La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, Los Angeles, 1931

Title: San Gabriel Mission depicted on a float at La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created: [circa September 4, 1931]
Date: 1931-09-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph was likely taken on September 4, 1931, during the Parade of Four Flags. 200,000 spectators gathered to watch the Parade on opening day of la Fiesta de Los Angeles. The parade route was along Figueroa St, between Olympic Blvd and Washington Blvd.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "Throngs View Gala Pageant," Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep 1931: A1.
A replica of the San Gabriel Mission sits atop a platform featuring a mural painted along its sides. Four horses drive the float with four men in costume walking alongside them.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: San Gabriel Mission, La Fiesta
Text from negative sleeve: La Fiesta Parade Date unknown

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Fiesta de Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.033605
Latitude: -118.272600
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Parade floats--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2547
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dcbch
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Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country: US
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