Santa Claus (Edward Shaffer) hands out Christmas presents to children at the Wilshire Council P.T.A.'s Christmas party, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Santa Claus (Edward Shaffer) hands out Christmas presents to children at the Wilshire Council P.T.A.'s Christmas party, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: December 21, 1935
Date: 1935-12-21
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Related to the article, "CHRISTMAS PLANS LAID: City Ready for Observance Thousands of Children as Well as Grown-ups Will Be Remembered CITY AWAITS CHRISTMAS Plans Laid for Observance Thousands of Children and Grown-ups to Be Cheered by Charitable Groups," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1935: A1
The camera hovers over a large crowd of children and their parents waiting to receive gifts from Santa Claus at the Wilshire Council P.T.A.'s Christmas party held at the Farmers' Public Market. The crowd occupies the lower half of the image and generally faces towards the right. To the right of the crowd, Edward Shaffer, dressed as Santa Claus, passes out gifts to children in the crowd. He faces towards camera as he hands a gift to a child. The large pile of gifts sit the right of him. Beyond Santa Claus and the crowd, cars park in a row. Farther back, the Farmers' Public Market stall stretches across the background.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Xmas Party given by Wilshire Counsel [sic] of P.T.A. 12-21-35
Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 4156 -- 12/24/35 Xmas party given by Wilshire Consul [sic] of P.T.A. 12-21-35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Parent-Teacher Association Council of Wilshire (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shaffer, Edward
Santa Claus
Location: Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Parties--California--Los Angeles
Charity--California--Los Angeles
Christmas
Christmas presents

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13162
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hn9jf
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