Costumed shriners, stage, and spectators at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Costumed shriners, stage, and spectators at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Date Created

October 20, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to article, "Shrine's Arabian Nights Show Fills Coliseum" [Los Angeles Times, October 22, 1935]
A stage with a white tent is lit by stadium lights. The stage is set at an end of the arena field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Dozens of people in stylized costumes of ancient Arabia sit upon the stage and in front of the stage. Hundreds or possibly thousands of spectators can be seen sitting in the stadium. The photograph was taken at night. The Al Malaikah Shrine Temple of Los Angeles hosted a pageant, of which the theme was One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights.

Caption

Handwritten on nitrate negative: Shrine Circus, 10-20-35
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2650-- Shrine Circus, 10-20-35, [stamped:] 10-20-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Costumes
Pageants--California--Los Angeles

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Al Malaikah Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.013606

Latitude

-118.28747

Resource type

still image