Woman waves from palanquin at shrine pageant, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Title: Woman waves from palanquin at shrine pageant, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935
Date Created: October 20, 1935
Date: 1935-10-20
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: A woman waves from a palanquin carried by several men. She wears a bikini outfit made of gleaming material. Her palanquin bearers are in what appears to be African-dress. A shriner in a fez and jacket walks beside the procession. The Al Malaikah Shrine Temple of Los Angeles hosted a pageant, of which the theme was One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights. The event was hosted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Related to article, "Shrine's Arabian Nights Show Fills Coliseum," Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1935
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Shrine Circus, 10-20-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2650-- Shrine Circus, 10-20-35, [stamped:] 10-20-35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Al Malaikah Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fraternal Organizations--California--Los Angeles
Pageants--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9165
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dh5wn
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