A man and woman dressed as Mascaras, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: A man and woman dressed as Mascaras, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: April 14, 1936
Date: 1936-04-14
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The children delighted in the festivities surrounding Olvera Street, donning velvet jackets and embroidered dresses. There was an acrobatic monkey performing, as well as the Mascaras, whose masks were created by Ramon Rodriguez.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Unique Lane Has Fiesta Sabado de Gloria," Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr 1936: A2.
The male and female Mascaras bow to one another.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Mascaras on Olivera St 4/11 36
Text from negative sleeve: 4775 - Alice Saucedo Carlos Figueroa Bertha Perez + Olivera St Mascaras 6th Anniv. of Olvera Street Fiesta Sabado de Gloria 4/11/36 [stamped:] Apr 14 1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.057313
Latitude: -118.238023
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Masks--Mexican--California--Los Angeles
Costumes--Mexican
Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Celebrations--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13969
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7g77
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Rights Country: US
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