Mildred Howell Lewis, winner of the 1896 Fiesta de las Flores of Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Mildred Howell Lewis, winner of the 1896 Fiesta de las Flores of Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: April 4, 1936
Date: 1936-04-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph appears with the article, "Long-Lost Gift Found," Los Angeles Times, 03 Apr 1936: A1.
A closer photograph of Mrs. Lewis sitting in partial profile on the day of her award.
Mildred Howell Lewis was crowned queen of the third Los Angeles Fiesta de las Flores in 1896, but lost the medal that went along with the honor, until it was discovered recently by two blacksmiths shifting through ash heaps recently in Santa Ana.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Mildred Howell Lewis is shown above as reigning queen of the third Los Angeles Fiesta de las Flores forty years ago, and on the right as she appears now. A medal awarded her as Fiesta Queen in 1896 was found in a Santa Ana ash heap and returned to her.
Text from negative sleeve: 4612 - Mrs Mildred Howell Lewis 1896 Fiesta Queen 4/2/36 [stamped:] Apr 9 – 1936
Handwritten on negative: Mrs Mildred Howell Lewis 4/2/36

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13812
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j78t4
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