Mourners pray at a temporary altar at the Olvera Street memorial service for Los Angeles Times columnist Harry Carr. The altar contains a small statue of the Virgin Mary lit candles and a potted poinsettia. One woman holds a Crucifix and others hold lit candles.
Photograph of participants in the Olvera Street memorial service for Los Angeles Times columnist Harry Carr, beneath a striped canvas awning with mourners beneath umbrellas further back. The Chito Montoya stringed orchestra plays in the foreground and singers face a microphone (for radio KMTR), in the center. It is draped with a black wreath and black-rimmed photograph of Mr. Carr bearing the farewell "Vaya Va Con Dios." Ernesto A. Romero, Vice-Culsul for Mexico in Los Angeles, wears a trench coat and glasses (right). In front of him in a black lace veil and holding a sheet of music is Consuela de Bonzo, a Mexican community leader (owner of the restaurant Casa La Golondrina at 17 Olvera St.).
Mourners pray at a temporary altar at the Olvera Street memorial service for Los Angeles Times columnist Harry Carr. The altar contains a small statue of the Virgin Mary and a Crucifix. Six women and one man kneel and five men stand in prayer, holding lit candles. A painted brick wall has more lit candles on its ledge and the lower portion of an image of the Virgin Mary is also visible. A table with a checked table cloth on the right suggests that the location might be a restaurant (perhaps Casa La Golondrina at 17 Olvera St., owned by Consuela De Bonzo, a Mexican community leader who spoke at the service).
View of a temporary altar draped with a white cloth, arranged with mementos for the Olvera Street memorial service for Los Angles Times columnist, Harry Carr. The altar holds a photograph of Harry Carr, a Crucifix and rosary, two burning candles, a black wreath and three books written by Harr Carr: Old Mother Mexico (1931), The West is Still Wild (1932) and Los Angeles: City of Dreams (1935). The altar is flanked by two small tables holding potted flowers and a potted fern. In front of the altar are a potted poinsettia and a pine branch wreath. The painted prick wall behind the altar has a ledge, above which is an image of the Virgin Mary, flowers and more lit candles. A doorway with a curtain is on the left.
