Fairgoers strolling at the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1935

Description: Photograph of fairgoers as they walk by various stands. The stands have signs in English. From left to right they read, “Badu The Iron Tongue Man”, “Moroccan Moments”, “Torture of Delhi”, “Julianne The Mystery”, and “World’s Fair Freaks”.
This photograph appears with the article, “Annual Los Angeles County Fair Opens in Blaze of Radiance at Pomona,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 1935: 16.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2059—Ethel Ziegler, Bob Miller, Joe Hester, Dick Dunlap, Della Ryan, John D Murphy, Marguerite Murphy, L. A. Co Fair Exhibits, L. A. Co Fair Hogs, Sep 13 1935, [Stamped:] SEP 18 1935.
Handwritten on negative: L.A. Co Fair 9-13-35
Text from newspaper caption: Curious crowds get their share of thrills along the fair’s Midway.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Fairs--California--Pomona
Umbrellas
Spectators--California--Pomona
Names: Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Location: Pomona (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_8466
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dgbs2
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