Float decorated as 2-story structure with balconies, drawn by 4 horses, with 2 men driving, spectators and buildings in background. Business signs read: Piggly Wiggly All Over the World, Shoes, Barbara Coffee
Two women 19th century attire in a horse-drawn cart during the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara in an unpaved area with grandstand seats in the background
This photograph was part of the coverage taken for the Los Angeles Times article "Santa Barbara Fiesta Revives Days of Spanish Rule in California," 8/8/1930.
Float depicting dome and arches drawn by 4 horses, with 3 Spanish-style riders alongside, with buildings and spectators in background. Business signs read: Piggy Wiggly All Over the World, Beisell and Holt Shoes, Barbara Coffee Shop.
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.