Rosario y su bebe, White Fence, East Los Angeles – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Rosario y su bebe, White Fence, East Los Angeles in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Rosario y su bebe, White Fence, East Los Angeles
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Rosario and her baby, photographed in the White Fence neighborhood of East Los Angeles, offer a quiet domestic scene in a part of the city more often discussed for its gang history than for its everyday family life. The 1986 gelatin silver print captures a mother and infant during a feeding, the kind of routine that rarely made the news. East Los Angeles had been a center of Mexican American life since the early twentieth century, and by the 1980s it was shaped by immigration, the legacy of the Chicano movement, and close family networks. The photograph is worth noticing for how it turns attention from stereotype toward intimacy.
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1986 |
| Subjects | Infants--California--Los Angeles--1980-1990. Eating & drinking--California--Los Angeles--1980-1990. Mothers & children--California--Los Angeles--1980-1990. Domestic life--California--Los Angeles--1980-1990. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,857 × 4,731 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225300 |
More from the Los Angeles collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Case Study House No. 9 for John Entenza (Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California). Living room. Perspective. Sketch]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6f/6fe8a3659d7e-400.webp)
