Fiesta Parade with African American horsemen, Los Angeles, undated

Item Overview

Title

Fiesta Parade with African American horsemen, Los Angeles, undated

Alternative title

Parades in Early Black Los Angeles

Date Created

[undated]

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Seven African American horsemen in official military uniforms at the Los Angeles Fiesta Parade. In the background is a flower-decorated float.
La Fiesta de Los Angeles was an annual multi-day event celebrating Los Angeles and Southern California's cultural heritage. The first celebration was held in April 1894. Canceled during the Spanish-American War, it was revived in 1901 under the new name La Fiesta de las Flores, and it continued through the 1940s.

Caption

Written on back of photo: Los Angeles Fiesta Parade. Group of black men on horses-floral float in the background. Credit: Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Inc.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Fiesta de Los Ángeles

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Horses
Parades & processions
African American men
Horsemen and horsewomen