Parade float at the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1936

Description: Different photographs of the parade taken on the same occasion appear with the article, “County Fair Fiesta Recalls Settling of Pomona Valley,” Los Angeles Times, 21 Sept. 1936: 1, 7, 20.
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 horse-drawn parade float surrounded by flowers features a balcony scene with a man and women facing three dancers and two guitar players next to a well. The scene most likely depicts the love story of Concepcion Arguello.
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
Names: Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Location: Pomona (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.089514
-117.772611
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fairs--California--Pomona
Dancers
Parades & processions--California--Pomona
Parade floats

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14530
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j84k1
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