Mary Plimpton, assistant at Old Plaza Mission Restoration Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Mary Plimpton, assistant at Old Plaza Mission Restoration Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

Aug 8, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph published the with article, "Fiesta Again Happy Scene," Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 1935: A1
Photograph of Mary Plimpton, an assistant at the Fiesta organised by the Los Angeles Landmarks Restoration Association at the Mission Plaza, trying her hand at fishing in the grab-bag fish pond. She is standing against the fish pond which is painted over with cartoon fish. A sign reading, "Fish Pong, 10c" hangs over the pond, set in front of flags from several countries as well as the United States flag.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: "Fishing" to Restore Church: Fishing is just one of the sidelights at the Old Plaza Mission Restoration Fiesta being staged this week at the birthplace of Los Angeles. Fifteen-year-old Mary Plimpton, a fiesta assistant, is shown trying her luck in the grab-bag fish pond.
Text on negative sleeve: 1617 - Aug 14 1935; Mary Plimpton - 15, Plaza Fiesta, 8/8/35
Handwritten on negative: [bottom] Mary Plimpton - 15; 8/8/35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Flags
Girls--California--Los Angeles
Churches--California--Los Angeles
Festivals--California--Los Angeles

Names

Plaza Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Plimpton, Mary, 1920-?

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.056562

Latitude

-118.238704

Resource type

still image