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Visual Materials
A cabinet photograph showing the Feast of Corpus Christi procession on San Francisco Street, adjacent to the plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The photograph shows people carrying banners, onlookers along the plaza, and the town's buildings. The back of the mount has printed historical information about Santa Fe and advertisements for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and the Santa Fe Southern Railway. The photographer may be Dana B. Chase, who had a studio in Santa Fe and produced photographs with the same printed information on the back.
photPF 26013
Visual Materials
Image of a parade of male and female soldiers led by two boys playing musical instruments in a procession through a medieval European town square festooned with floral garlands and thrown flowers past a royal court with a king and queen sitting on their throne on a platform in the background; the performers wear historical costumes including suits of armor, and helmets, including some furry lion or cat helmets, and they carry shields and swords, and banners and flags.
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Visual Materials
Image of a parade of minstrel performers in blackface led by a horse-drawn carriage through an outdoor park space, and followed by a marching band playing musical instruments and men in yellow coats and top hats, with a railroad caboose labeled "Galaxy of Stars / Minstrels" in the background and spectators watching the procession.
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Visual Materials
Nine photographic postcards documenting the Chinese community's Feast of the Dead festival in Los Angeles' Old Chinatown, October, 1902. The religious celebration invoked Taoist rituals to honor the dead, and was popularly called the Feast of the Dead, though other translations may be Ta Chiu festival or Dajiao festival. The event took place every three years in Los Angeles' Chinatown, and lasted several days. The images depict Chinese participants in traditional and festive dress; children in decorated carts; men carrying puppets or effigies; and a procession carrying a long paper dragon. Crowds are seen gathered around the Los Angeles Plaza area, and one image shows a group carrying Chinese banners and the American flag.
photCL 629
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a group portrait of a rifle team with tents and a horse-drawn cart in the background. The men are arranged in two rows, with 19 kneeling and 20 standing, and almost all of them are holding rifles. A few of the men who are not holding rifles are holding musical instruments. There are onlookers, mostly boys and men, standing in the background.
mssLattaS, Box 111, Folder 6, Item 1
Manuscripts
Band members playing instruments at an opening ceremony for the New Chinatown in Los Angeles. In the background are onlookers.
mssHong Family papers
