Dancing horse at the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1936

Description: The historical pageant, La Fiesta de la Rancho San Jose, at the Los Angeles County Fair celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first Spanish settlers, Don Ygnacio Palomares and Don Arcardo Vejar to the Pomona Valley.
A different photograph of a dancing horse taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “County Fair Fiesta Recalls Settling of Pomona Valley,” Los Angeles Times, 21 Sept. 1936: 1, 7, 20.
A fair-haired woman in a tasseled dress sitting on a decorated horse smiles at the camera. Part of a large crowd is visible in the stands.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 6639 – L. A. county Fair – Pageant (nitrate + safety) Sept. – 1936 (1 removed for cleaning) Box 5 [stamped, twice:] OCT 7 - 1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Grandstands--California--Pomona
Parades & processions--California--Pomona
Horses--California--Pomona
Fairs--California--Pomona
Names: Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Location: Pomona (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.089514
Latitude: -117.772611
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_14527
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j84gg
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Rights Country: US
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