A painter’s telescopic boom lift was left unattended during lunch. Each year the
swap meet has the sign repainted. Photo taken in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd,
2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
swap meet has the sign repainted. Photo taken in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd,
2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
Just over a week from the 2024 US presidential election, a man sells MAGA hats and
perfume out of the back of his truck in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem
Plawner / VOICE OF OC
perfume out of the back of his truck in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem
Plawner / VOICE OF OC
Ruben’s Tire Shop, located at the edge of the swap meet. An inflatable man flies through
the air pushed by the wind in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner
/ VOICE OF OC
the air pushed by the wind in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner
/ VOICE OF OC
A boy sits behind a pile of recently polished tires at a swap meet in Santa Fe Springs,
CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
A woman packs up her stall at the end of the swap meet in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on
Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
Power tools, clothing, dinnerware, and wall mirrors are sold by a vendor at the swap
meet. Advertising the stall is a whiteboard reading “TRUMP WON - WE VOTED RIGHT - GOD
IS WITH TRUMP- FACT → 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN - TERRORIST EVIL HUSSIEN
OBAMA” in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
meet. Advertising the stall is a whiteboard reading “TRUMP WON - WE VOTED RIGHT - GOD
IS WITH TRUMP- FACT → 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN - TERRORIST EVIL HUSSIEN
OBAMA” in Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
A vendor sells items ranging from a life-sized Pikachu to microwaves at the
Santa Fe Springs swap meet. The swap meet offers live music, food stalls, and resellers
of all kinds of goods at its eclectic and shady marketplace. Photo taken in Santa Fe
Springs CA on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
Santa Fe Springs swap meet. The swap meet offers live music, food stalls, and resellers
of all kinds of goods at its eclectic and shady marketplace. Photo taken in Santa Fe
Springs CA on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
Oscar, a frequenter of the swap meet poses for a photo while packing up his truck in Santa Fe
Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
A man rests in the back of a box truck while packing up his food stall. This area
of the swap meet takes place in a large asphalt lot, in Santa Fe Springs CA on Oct.
22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
of the swap meet takes place in a large asphalt lot, in Santa Fe Springs CA on Oct.
22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
Isaac, a frequenter of the Santa Fe Springs Swap meet, lounges in a gaming
chair. He came to the swap meet to watch as the community repaints their huge sign in
Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC
chair. He came to the swap meet to watch as the community repaints their huge sign in
Santa Fe Springs, CA, on Oct. 22nd, 2024. Credit: Efrem Plawner / VOICE OF OC