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Description:: Francis Tappaan, in suit and tie, standing at desk or counter, receiving certificate from another man, reading in part Supreme Court of the State of California, from a stack of similar certificates
Date:: [1931?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of golf champion Ruth Tustin with golf club raised. At this time she was a sophomore at Marlborough School and one of the youngest golf champions of the junior membership at the Wilshire Country Club, as reported in the Los Angeles Times, September 30, 1935.
Date:: September 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Dorothy Poynton, Olympic diver, posing with her swim cap off in a backward dive start position on the diving board of a indoor swimming pool
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: SPANISH: Versión editada de la presentación de Guillermo Velázquez y Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú en Amecameca donde interpretan huapango arribeño. Se menciona la vida campesina y sobre la migración. Se reseña de forma irónica la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de México 1986. Participa la cantante y bailadora de huapangos Isabel Flores.<br>ENGLISH: Edited version of the presentation of Guillermo Velázquez and Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú in Amecameca where they perform arribeño huapango. Mention is made of peasant life and migration. There is an ironic review of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Huapango singer and dancer Isabel Flores takes part.
Date:: February 1987
Febrero 1987
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: The Ricardo Montejano Collection

Description:: SPANISH: Cápsulas para el programa de Radio Educación dedicado a la música huapanguera arribeña llamado Poetas Campesinos. Se presentan canciones de Guillermo Velázquez y Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú. Se menciona la importancia de preservar las tradiciones musicales. Se refiere de forma irónica La Copa Mundial de la FIFA México 1986. Se reseña los problemas de la migración hacia Estados Unidos y se puntualiza lo discriminatoria que fue La ley Simpson-Rodino. Participa la cantante y bailadora de huapangos Isabel Flores.<br>ENGLISH: Peasant Poets (Poetas Campesinos) clips recorded for Radio Educación shows dedicated to arribeño huapango music. Songs by Guillermo Velázquez and Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú are presented. The importance of preserving musical traditions is mentioned. An ironic reference is made to Mexico's 1986 FIFA World Cup. The problems of migration to the United States are reviewed and the discriminatory nature of the Simpson-Rodino law is pointed out. Singer and huapango dancer Isabel Flores takes part.
Date:: 1987
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: The Ricardo Montejano Collection

Description:: SPANISH: Continúa la entrevista con el poeta Encarnación Takatik, quien habla de su agradecimiento a México por refugiarlo a él y a otros compatriotas guatemaltecos. En la cápsula Noticias de última ira, que presenta un hecho histórico como si se tratara de una noticia actual, se aborda la entrega del territorio americano a los reyes de España por el Papa Alejandro VI. Entrevista con los miembros de la Casa de la Cultura de San Luis Tlaxialtemalco, Xochimilco, para promover sus talleres y servicios. Modesto Cabello recita su poema La tumba de Lázaro y Encarnación Takatik concluye con sus poemas Marimba y Retorno.<br>ENGLISH: The interview continues with poet Encarnación Takatik, who talks about his gratitude to Mexico for sheltering him and other Guatemalan compatriots. In the capsule Noticias de última ira, which presents a historical event as if it were a current news item, the delivery of the American territory to the kings of Spain by Pope Alexander VI is discussed. Interview with members of the Casa de la Cultura de San Luis Tlaxialtemalco, Xochimilco, to promote their workshops and services. Modesto Cabello recites his poem La tumba de Lázaro and Encarnación Takatik concludes with her poems Marimba and Retorno.
Date:: January 25, 1993
Enero 25, 1993
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: The Ricardo Montejano Collection

Description:: View of George W. Dickinson standing outdoors in hat, glasses, collared shirt, belt, pants, holding golf club underneath left arm, and holding paper and pen in hands. George Dickinson was a pioneer real estate operator in Los Angeles who was responsible for subdividing the Rampart Boulevard district, Moreno Highlands, and tracts in the Silver Lake district. He was also an avid golfer who frequently played at the Los Angeles Country Club where he decided to celebrate his 80th birthday by playing a game of golf. He died the following year due to a heart attack.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Alda Silva, holder of the woman's world record for the javelin throw in 1927, performing her sport. People sit in a grandstand in the distance.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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