The Gutierrez Spanish Tent Show

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2022


Descriptive Summary

Title: The Gutierrez Spanish Tent Show
Dates: 1936-1940
Collection Number: The Gutierrez Spanish Tent Show
Creator/Collector: N. S. Elkins Oscar G. Knecht John Gutierrez N. L. Moreno McDongra or McDengra Gutierrez Moreno McDonney Knecht Rosete y Aranda Rosete y Aranda The Gutierrez Spanish Tent Show Gutierrez Show Compañía Mexicana de Autómatas y Variedades City Council of the City of San Diego City Electrical Inspection Department
Extent: Posters, flyers, permit applications, and correspondence
Online items available
Repository: San Diego City Clerk's Archives
San Diego, California 92101
Abstract: The Gutierrez Spanish Tent Show, or Gutierrez Show Compañía Mexicana de Autómatas y Variedades, was a traveling tent show that came regularly at least during the 1930s and 1940s to the Barrio Logan section of San Diego. Some years shows were also given in Old Town, San Diego. The show included theatrical performances, puppet shows, mimes, impressionists, a wire act, juggling, tumbling, a rope act and a clown act, all for Spanish audiences.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian

Access

public, municipal records and archives

Publication Rights

public access, municipal records and archives of the City of San Diego

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. The Gutierrez Spanish Tent Show. Collection Number: The Gutierrez Spanish Tent Show. San Diego City Clerk's Archives

Acquisition Information

municipal records and archives of the City of San Diego

Scope and Content of Collection

Posters, flyers, permit applications, petitions and correspondence, dating from 1936-1940

Indexing Terms

Rosete y Aranda
Tent Shows
Marionettes
Puppets
Puppet Shows
Puppetry
Barrio Logan
Old Town
Impersonations
mimes
Circus
theater
Mexico
Spanish Vaudiville
Vaudiville
Imperial Valley Earthquake
Brawley Earthquake 1940
Resolution 71370
fire marshal
Exposition in New Orleans
Gold Medal winner at Exposition in New Orleans
poster art
graphic art
puppetry photograph
E. R. Newton
H. C. Haelsig
Gutierrez
Moreno
McDengra or McDongra
Rosete y Aranda
Gutierrez Show Compañía Mexicana de Autómatas y Variedades
City Planning Commission
City Engineering
City Council
Rosete y Aranda
City Clerk's Office
Barrio Logan
Crosby Street
National Avenue
Logan Avenue
Taylor Street
Juan Street
So. Grand Ave., Los Angeles
Brawley
Imperial Valley
New Orleans
Mexico
poster
flyer
program
artwork
advertisement
correspondence
petition
permit application
photograph of puppet show (on poster)
Chief Inspector Business Manager Puppeteer Impersonator artist drawer
advertisement
petition
permit application
poster
inspection
puppeteer
business manager
entertainer
performer
impersonator
mime
acrobat
clown
inspector

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