Throngs of people crowd the streets to welcome the arrival of President William McKinley for La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1901

Photograph of throngs of people crowding the streets (east Fifth Street?) to welcome the arrival of President William McKinley for La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1901. An American flag hangs prominently from a line strung across the street. Two horse-drawn carriages are driving down the middle of the street. Some people are perched on roofs of adjacent buildings. Legible signs include: "Atlas Mills, wholesale dealers in all kinds of grain, rolled barley, wheat, oats, cracked corn & c., Pride of the Valley Flour our specialty, Red Texas Oats", ..."e & Zob[...] [...]er [...] La"..., ..."City [...]hing"..., ..."May 6"..., "We sell Bur's", ..."Martin", ..."eld-Tea syrup", "Dr. Abbot makes the blind see, the deaf hear"... "Catar"..., "La Fiesta[...] de flores"..., ..."150 S. Main".