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Stagecoach bound for the Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Los Angeles Mayor John C. Porter bids farewell to group in 19th century costumes departing Los Angeles in a stagecoach for the 2-day journey to the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara, where they were to participate in the parade and deliver an invitation to the Los Angeles World Congress of Rough Riders and Rodeo. The group includes: (front, L to R) Hilton McCabe, Francis Josef Hickson (stage actor), Marion Parks (California history advocate), John C. Porter, Thomas Workman Temple (early California family member), (in coach, L to R) Miss Irene Tillinghast (of the Los Angeles Museum of History and Science), Orpha Klinker (California artist), (on top) Jose Arias, left, and his celebrated Mexican orchestra (Jose Arias Troubadours) holding guitars and possibly a mandolin, with driver Buster Trow (silent Westerns actor). "U.S. Mail" and "Louisville and..." are painted on the stagecoach.
Date:
August 16, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Stagecoach bound for the Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1932

Polytechnic High School students on float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 6, 1925, “California the Golden” Notable Achievement, Spectacle of Schools Depicting History of State Acclaimed by Visiting Shriners. The public schools’ contribution to the Shrine entertainment, “California the Golden” … "Incas," Polytechnic High School ...
Date:
June 5, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Polytechnic High School students on float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Start of the Loyalty Day Parade inaugurating Boys' Week, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Boys carrying block letters announcing the start of the Loyalty Day parade, followed by 2 automobiles and a marching band on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. Signs on commercial buildings read "Printing," "Trade Printing Co.," "Cherokee," "Law Printing," "American Type," and "The Koneta Rooms." A few spectators watch from the sidewalks.
Date:
May 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Start of the Loyalty Day Parade inaugurating Boys' Week, Los Angeles, 1926

Selma Avenue School students, on and around float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 6, 1925, “California the Golden” Notable Achievement, Spectacle of Schools Depicting History of State Acclaimed by Visiting Shriners. The public schools’ contribution to the Shrine entertainment, “California the Golden” … "Caravel of Cabrillo," Selma-avenue school ...
Date:
June 5, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Selma Avenue School students, on and around float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

San Pedro High School students with float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 6, 1925, “California the Golden” Notable Achievement, Spectacle of Schools Depicting History of State Acclaimed by Visiting Shriners. The public schools’ contribution to the Shrine entertainment, “California the Golden” … "Spanish Treasure Galleon," San Pedro High School ...
Date:
June 5, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
San Pedro High School students with float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Description:
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown on unpaved street with spectators on the sidewalk. The man supporting the front holds the lion's head high above his own head and is smiling. There is allot of dust or smoke in the foreground. A sign on a commercial building reads: "Eastern Grocery Co."
Date:
[circa 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dancing Chinese lion during festival in Chinatown, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1939

Members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America (Shriners) parading at Durbar, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 10, 1934, Fifteen Thousand Nobles Rally for Shrine Durbar, Thousands at Durbar, Shriners Have Gala Rally, Colorfully Clad Delegations Assemble From Many Parts of the West, Spectacular Parade Marks First Event of Its Kind in United States
Date:
June 9, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America (Shriners) parading at Durbar, Los Angeles, 1934

Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Little Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion. The lion was being prepared for the February 5 New Year celebration in Chinatown. (Although it is identified as a dragon in the newspaper article, another photograph taken on the same occasion identifies it as a lion and shows the shorter lion's body, ark no. 21198/zz002d9cvb).
Date:
February 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mary Jane Fong holding a gong stick and standing next to a Chinese lion in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1927

"Hollywood Pioneers Animal Show" truck in the Loyalty Day Parade inaugurating Boys' Week, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
"Boys' Week" was first held in New York City in 1920. By the mid 1920's it was held in 600 locations in 25 countries. By 1928 there were 3,000 events. In 1934 Boys’ Week officially be-came known as Youth Week. In 1936 it was renamed Boys’ and Girls’ Week. One of the features of Boys' Week was to have High School boys accompany adults around businesses, municipal offices and the like and then actually run them on the last day.
Date:
May 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Hollywood Pioneers Animal Show" truck in the Loyalty Day Parade inaugurating Boys' Week, Los Angeles, 1926

"Steps to Better Manhood" truck in the Loyalty Day Parade inaugurating Boys' Week, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
A handful of spectators on Broadway watch a truck in the Loyalty Day Parade with 12 boys riding on a stepped platform on the truck bed. Signs on the truck read "Steps to Better Manhood Through Church Clubs," "Pioneers, Comrades, Young Mens Division," and "Weekly Club Meetings." Signs on commercial buildings read "Security Title Company, Titles Searched in 3 to 5 Days ...row Here For Quick Service," "T..... [Gara]ge; 107, Storage, Gas, Oil; Parking, Storage, Washing, Polishing $2.50."
Date:
May 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Steps to Better Manhood" truck in the Loyalty Day Parade inaugurating Boys' Week, Los Angeles, 1926