Horse-drawn travois at Transportation Day parade during La Fiesta de Los Angeles celebration, Los Angeles, 1931

Title: Horse-drawn travois at Transportation Day parade during La Fiesta de Los Angeles celebration, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created: [circa September 5, 1931]
Date: 1931-09-05
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Four indigenous people in traditional dress participate in the Transportation Day parade. One woman rides a horse with a travois behind it while another holds it up. Banners attached to the a-frame of the travois read, "The Genesis of Transportation."
This photograph is likely related to the article, "Thousands Line Streets to See 'Ghosts of Past,'" Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep 1931: A1.
This photograph was likely taken on September 5, 1931, during the Transportation Day parade. Thousands of spectators gathered to watch the Parade on opening weekend of la Fiesta de Los Angeles. The parade route was along Broadway, East First and Main Streets.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: La Fiesta Parade Date unknown
Handwritten on negative: La Fiesta Indians

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Fiesta de Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.053276
Latitude: -118.245241
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Indigenous peoples--California
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Horses--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2551
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dcbhk
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Rights Country: US
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