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Title
Typewritten description of photograph of young women preparing for sunbathing, Santa Monica, circa 1930
Contributor
Essex, Estelle, -- b. 1914 (subject)
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer)
Deauville Club (Santa Monica, Calif.) (repository)
McQueen, Dorothy, -- b. ca. 1914 (subject)
Hallehan, Andray, -- b. ca. 1914 (subject)
Cornell, Dorothy, -- b. ca. 1914 (subject)
Gilbert, Texas Rose Doshier, -- 1914-2003 (subject)
Bull, Meredith Gertrude Faulkner, -- 1913-1990 (subject)
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Bartlett (Adelbert) Papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
The copyright holder of these items has granted the UC Regents permission to make them publicly available on the web.
Description
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Sun-Worshippers, Reshoot this
Text reads in part: Exclusive, For Outright Sale, 1391 to 1398. SUN WORSHIPPERS PREPARE FOR BEACH SEASON. After the manner of priestesses ... these modern sun-worshippers at the Deauville Beach, Los Angeles' exclusive ocean playground, anoint with oil and unguents ... Modern maids ... don the new low-back bathing suits ... to permit the sun rays to act upon every possible bit of body ... In the group are, left to right, Dorothy McQueen, Estelle Essex, Meredith Faulkner, Andray Hallehan, Texas Rose Doshier; kneeling, Dorothy Cornell.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Type
image
Format
1 p.
Identifier
edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.bartlett:967
uclamss_1300_0975i
0975i
ark:/21198/zz002bf7xd
Language
English
Subject
Sunbathing -- California -- Santa Monica
Place
California
Santa Monica
Relation
Adelbert Bartlett Papers. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
ark:/21198/zz002bf7ww (negative)

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