Gabriela Quiroz crowned Queen of the Fiesta, San Gabriel, 1935

Description: Mayor Glenn Evans, with a hat hanging from his arm, places a crown on Queen of the fiesta, Gabriela Quiroz. Her court and princesses pose for the photograph beside her.
A series of special events and entertainment including parades, music, and a coronation ceremony honoring the King and Queen of the festival - Thomas W. Temple and Gabriela Quiroz are some events of the three-day festival marking the Old Mission's 164th birthday anniversary.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Mayor Glenn Evans, Gabriel [sic] Quiroz
Text from negative sleeve: 2050 -- Preview of crowning by mayor Glenn Evans of Gabriel [sic] Quiroz as Queen. San Gabriel Fiesta 9-7-35 [stmaped:] SEP 18 1935

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Evans, Glenn E., b. 1893
Quiroz, Gabriela, 1909-2006
Location: San Gabriel (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Anniversaries--California--San Gabriel
Festivals--California--San Gabriel
Children--California--San Gabriel

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_8421
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dg979
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