Fred Cole, Beverly Hills, is currently in Rome on June 15, 1953, after spending six weeks in Tahiti. He says that in Tahiti coats and ties are rarely worn, even at dinner parties, and most of the time the men don't wear anything more formal than this costume. He is shown with one of the native Tahitian girls, all of whom have long black waist-length hair.
Cole, Fred Cole of California Clothing trade--California--Los Angeles Bathing suits Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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