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Title
Clowning around
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
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
1963
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 December 7, 1963 reads "Clowning around is not only fun, but profitable, for 15-year-old Tomi Melson, Sun Valley Junior High School student. Above left, she brushes her hair in her mirror before she pins it out of the way to put on clown make-up. At right, with her hair up, she applies a liberal amount of white face powder. Her face is made up with a huge grinning mouth, a red nose, exaggerated black and blue eyebrows topped with blue droplets, and big blue circles on her cheeks, made by outlining a quarter. Below, with her costume complete, she delights Timmy and Tammy Clark, 5-year-old twins from Sun Valley, by making balloon animals." Upper left photo.; See images #00126356 through #00126358 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00126356
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d031_f23_i33
CARL0005436250
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/58342
Subject
Sun Valley Middle School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students
Teenagers--California--Los Angeles
Girls--California--Los Angeles
Clowns--California--Los Angeles
Hairbrushes--California--Los Angeles
Mirrors--California--Los Angeles
Reflections
Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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