Josephine Gomez and Catalina Cruz where traditional Mexican costumes at a shrine dedicated to Sien Fa in China City, Los Angeles, 1938
Item Overview
- Title
- Josephine Gomez and Catalina Cruz where traditional Mexican costumes at a shrine dedicated to Sien Fa in China City, Los Angeles, 1938
- Date Created
- December 7, 1938
- Date
- 1938-12-07
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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The Mexican people of Olvera Street are commemorating the anniversary of Sainted Chinese Princess of Mexico Sien Fa, also known as Catarina de San Juan, created Mexico's national costume, the "China Poblana." The celebrations will include free tea and sweets as well as music, Mexican and Chinese films and art displays. The guest of honor will be Miss Yaching Lee, Chinese aviatrix. [Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec. 1938: A1]
China City developed by Christine Sterling (Olvera Street creator), bordered by Ord, Spring, Main and Macy streets, was a walled enclave featuring Chinese style architecture, including buildings from the 1937 Hollywood production of The Good Earth. It opened in 1938 and was destroyed by an arson fire in 1949.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Names
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Gomez, Josephine
Cruz, Catalina - Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shrines--California--Los Angeles
Costumes--Mexican
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_11864
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002h8q85
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights Holder
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .