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Title: KRCA's dance, carnival hosts Valley teen-agers
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: John Elmer "Jack" Carson was born on October 27, 1910. He was one of the most popular character actors in the 1930s, '40s and '50s. He appeared many films, including "Stage Door," "Brining Up Baby," and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." He died on January 2, 1963.
Photograph caption dated July 13, 1955 reads "Jack Carson took requests." The article partially reads "On Saturday night, June 18, KRCA held a combination dance and carnival to publicize the need for a San Fernando Valley Teen Center. Over 2,000 teen-agers and oldsters turned out for the three-hour event which took place on the grounds of the NBC television studios in Burbank."; See images #00124664 through #00124674 for all photos in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00124667
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d029_f12_i26
CARL0005426475
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/56826
Subject: Carson, Jack,--1910-1963
NBC Studios
KRCA-TV (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Broadcasting studios--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Carnivals--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Dance parties--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Telephones
Paperwork (Office practice)--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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