Guide to Orquestra Medellin Photograph Collection CEMA 45
Michelle Wilder, 2004. Updated by Andrew Harman, 2024.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
3/27/2024
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Phone Number: (805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: Orquesta Medellin photograph collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 45
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 photo album)
Date (inclusive): 1928-1980
Date (bulk): 1928-1955
Abstract: This collection contains one photograph album originally created and given as a gift from Amelia M. Lopez to Jack and Margie
Lopez, containing images of posed portraits of the Orquesta Medellin, a Los Angles-based Mexican American orchestra, as well
as photographs of the family of Amelia Medellin, the group's leader.
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
.
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
[Identification of Item], Orquestra Medellin photograph collection, CEMA 45. Department of Special Research Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
This photograph album was originally created and given as a gift from Amelia M. Lopez to Jack and Margie Lopez of Los Angeles
on February 9, 1995. It contains 197 photographs (9 are in color, 188 are black and white). A majority of the images are posed
portraits of the Orquesta Medellin, a Los Angles-based Mexican American orchestra, on stage, at home and traveling (probably
on tour). The second largest group of photographs are of the family of Amelia Medellin, the group's leader; the images depict
the suburban life of a Mexican American family post World War II, including family portraits and images of children in costumes
or uniforms. One article from 1932 (in Spanish) includes a photograph of a woman identified as Amelia Medellin; this is likely
to be Amelia M. Lopez. Amelia Medellin was the 1932
Reina de las Fiestas Patrias (Queen of the Mexican Independence Day Patriotic Fiestas) in the Belvedere neighborhood in East Los Angeles, CA and the photographs
include her depiction in this role.
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the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the
creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexican American music -- California -- Los Angeles
album 1
Photo Album