Name/Title
ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH ALTAR SOCIETY, 1928Entry/Object ID
99.6.11.234Description
Color: Black; White
A negative of a black and white photograph of the St. Joseph's Church Altar Society party in front of the Tepee, 1928. Standing in the left center are two men with a woman in the middle. The man on the left is Walter Temple who is dressed in Spanish costume with a sombrero, light-colored suit, and sarape. Nexr to him is a girl in a white shawl and dark dress, and, to her right, the guitar teacher in a dark sombrero, suit, and sarape. Across the back is a group of 23 adults and children with some also dressed in costume. Among those pictured are Nellie Didier in the center behind the guitar teacher, and Maud Bassity in a white mantilla to the far right. The group stands in the west lawn area of La Casa Nueva which has plants and bushes throughout. In the left center background is the Tepee with its covered porch at far left. At the bottom left is a three-part window, while two smaller windows are at the far right. A ladder leans against the wall of the structure at the center. At the top right is a chinmey and tree branches protrude from the top center. In back of the Teppe is part of the Mission Walkway. At the center behind the group are six palm trees surround a larger palm in the center. The photograph was taken during a costume party hosted by Walter Temple at the Homestead. There are four prints, with the number 99.5.11.234, and this negative is in good condition.
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Two-dimensional, Negatives, Building, Adobe, City of Industry (Calif.)--La Casa Nueva