Dancers perform during July 4th celebrations at Mission San Fernando Rey de España, Los Angeles, 1922

Title: Dancers perform during July 4th celebrations at Mission San Fernando Rey de España, Los Angeles, 1922
Date Created: [July 4, 1922]
Date: 1922-07-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Part of this photograph appears with the article, "CELEBRATION AT MISSION: San Fernando Scene of Gala Fourth; Old Fountain Dedicated; Barbecue Enjoyed At Dedication of Old Fountain and Sacred Garden," Los Angeles Times, 05 Jul. 1922: II6
Four dancers perform at the 4th of July celebrations held at Mission San Fernando Rey de España. They dance in 2 pairs. At left, from left to right, Domingo Felix and Herlinda Loredo stand back-to-back and pose for the camera as they dance. Both lift castanets overhead. To the right, an unidentified pair dances. The girl stands leftmost of the pair. She wears a sombrero. To the right of her, her partner looks at her. He wears a charro outfit. Behind them, spectators line the back of the stage. Flags hang down above and behind the spectators.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Missions, San Fernando nitrates
Handwritten on negative: Spanish dancers San Fernando [Mission?]
Text from newspaper caption, San Fernando in Festival Garb Above, the San Fernando Mission frontage on Brand Boulevard. Below, at the barbecue, where thousands were entertained. At bottom, Domingo Felix and Herlinda Loredo in a dance of old Spain. [Los Angeles Times, 05 Jul. 1922: II6]

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)
Felix, Domingo
Loredo, Linda, 1907-1931
Location: Mission Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Dancers--American--California--Los Angeles
Fourth of July celebrations--California--Los Angeles
Celebrations--California--Los Angeles
Folk dancing--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6396
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwm5k
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