Group of Filipino Children Getting Crowned at a Caballeros de Dimas-Alang event in Salinas, CA, 1940

This is a photograph of a group of Filipino children getting crowned at a Caballeros de Dimas-Alang event in Salinas, CA. The children on the left are wearing traditional Filipina dresses with Maria Clara shawls and terno sleeves. The two children on the right are wearing suits. Manzanita "Manzie" Sulay Garcia can be identified second from the left. Manzie and the boy next to her are dressed in white, and wear crowns and capes.

Unidentified

Cabelleros de Dimas Alang

1940

Juanita Sulay Wilson

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SUL.2024.538

Salinas, CA

Photograph

5 x 7 inches