A group of Mascaras and two little girls, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

A group of Mascaras and two little girls, 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

Notes

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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Unique Lane Has Fiesta Sabado de Gloria," Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr 1936: A2.
Two young girls stare are held in the arms of the figures around them, wearing dresses, scarves, jackets and large masks complete with hats, facial hair and large facial features.

Caption

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
Handwritten on negative: Olivera Street Mascara's 4/4/36
Text from newspaper caption: Three of the most popular of the Mascaras are El Bobo, left, who is bothered by a butterfly on the nose; Fanfarron, the

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.057313

Latitude

-118.238023

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Children--California--Los Angeles
Masks--Mexican--California--Los Angeles
Costumes--Mexican
Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Celebrations--California--Los Angeles