1929 Redlands Dieciseis de Septiembre Queen and Court
Item
Title
1929 Redlands Dieciseis de Septiembre Queen and Court
Identifier
2022.006.098
Type
image
Description
Pictured here in a partially colorized black and white image are the 1929 Dieciseis de Septiembre queen and her court. Queen Lucy Hernandez and her court, consisting of Encarnacion "Chon" Manzano (left), Mary Macias (second from left), and Josefina Lara (second from right), reigned over a daylong fiesta complete with a parade, music, and dancing. September 16, or Mexican Independence Day, was a major event on the social calendar of barrios across Southern California.
Subject
Community life in Redlands
Cultural Celebrations
Spatial Coverage
Redlands (Calif.)
Southern California
Temporal Coverage
9/16/1929
Creator
unknown
Date
9/16/1929
Contributor
Inland Mexican Heritage, Courtesy of Margaret R. Castro
Format
.tif
Language
English
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.