Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: EUROPA PRESS
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.036251

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; handwritten: Shain; stamped: [illeg.]; typed label: VALENCIA MADE ITS CHOICE FOR THIS YEAR’S FALLAS / VALENCIA, Spain. Once a year, the Spanish Medite- / rranean capital literally burns out in the noisiest / celebrations of the world. Tourists flow in from / everywhere to watch the “cremas” when big papier- / mache sculptures and monuments are put on fire in / the streets and squares of the city while thousands / of rockets are fired in an explosion of noise and / color. The show takes place on March 19, and is / presided over by a national beauty honoured with the / title of “Fallera Major”. This years Queen of the / Fall is will be 17-year olf Maria Victoria Lamo de / Espihosa. PICTURE SHOWS Miss Lamo at her home, after / receiving the coveted appointment. EUROPA PRESS; handwritten: Europe press – B.S.

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: SPAIN / PEOPLE TEENAGERS
Retouching: N