A postcard showing a cartoon of a Miss Los Angeles giving the city key to a tourist

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

A postcard showing a cartoon of a Miss Los Angeles giving the city key to a tourist

Entry/Object ID

2012.70.1.1

Description

A postcard showing a cartoon of a Miss Los Angeles giving the city key to a tourist, postmarked 1908. The "Miss Los Angeles" is dressed in the fashions of the time, with a dress in a hourglass shape, a broad-brimmed hat, and lace-up boots, and hands an oversize key labeled "Los Angeles" to a man in a suit and hat labeled as an "Eastern Tourist." The card is in good overall condition.

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Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Postcards