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Title
What ho! 'Ya-ya girls in the Valley
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Goldwater, Jeff
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated June 12, 1962 reads "Ya-ya, girls. It started in London on Whitsuntide holiday, girls by the hundreds wearing the world's shortest dresses--hemlines two to eight inches above the knees. They're called ya-ya girls, coming from yeah-yeah, meaning approval and appreciation. 'It will become a popular fad,' says Van Nuys ya-ya girl Linda Miller, 20, upper left. 'But how do you tie your shoe in one?'"; See images #00122997 through #00123000 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00122997
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d028_f7_i14
CARL0005411431
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/57090
Subject
Young women--California--San Fernando Valley
Clothing and dress--California--San Fernando Valley
Clothing and dress--California--San Fernando Valley--Public opinion
Dresses--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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