Swimming club members dressed in grass skirts, muumuus and towels, pose for a photo in front of Hawaiian themed cartoons. Caption reads: "Members of Santa Monica Swimming Club in Hawaiian costume for luau to be held at the club on August 21. L to R, front, Mrs. Norma Erickson, Mrs. William Mayberry, Mrs. Kennety Meyer & Mrs Harold E. Knox. Standing, rear, Mrs. Jarvis Quail as Hawaiian queen and Major Harold E. Knox as king. Photo dated: July 29, 1948.
Erickson, Norma Mayberry, William,--Mrs Meyer, Kenneth,--Mrs Knox, Harold E.,--Mrs Quail, Jarvis,--Mrs Know, Harold E Santa Monica Swimming Club (Santa Monica, Calif.) Costumes Swim clubs--California--Santa Monica Santa Monica (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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