Decorated float carrying Catholic girls and priests, Calexico (?), 1939

Title: Decorated float carrying Catholic girls and priests, Calexico (?), 1939
Date Created: circa March 1, 1939
Date: 1939-03-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Seven visible girls and two priests ride a float draped with light colored fabric, fabric swags and flowers, riding on a street with parade onlookers.
Possibly related to the dedication of the new church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Calexico. Reported in "Catholics set for dedication," Los Angeles Times, 26 March 1939: B14.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 15833. Our Lady. Guadalupe. Return to News Bureau. Wallace Nepo. [Stamped:] Mar 1 1939.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Location: California, Southern
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Priests--California
Guadalupe, Our Lady of
Catholic children--California, Southern
Floats (Parades)--California

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14871
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j8jb6
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