Queen Califia at Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1936

Description: The historical pageant, La Fiesta de la Rancho San Jose, at the Los Angeles County Fair celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first Spanish settlers, Don Ygnacio Palomares and Don Arcardo Vejar to the Pomona Valley.
Queen Califia riding under a golden canopy guarded by “Amazon warriors” with bronze shields.
Different photographs of the parade taken on the same occasion appear with the article, “County Fair Fiesta Recalls Settling of Pomona Valley,” Los Angeles Times, 21 Sept. 1936: 1, 7, 20.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 6639 – L. A. county Fair – Pageant (nitrate + safety) Sept. – 1936 (1 removed for cleaning) Box 5 [stamped, twice:] OCT 7 - 1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Location: Pomona (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.089514
Latitude: -117.772611
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Grandstands--California--Pomona
Parades & processions--California--Pomona
Fairs--California--Pomona
Parade floats

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14528
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j84h0
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