Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of elaborate costumed dancers posing for a photographer, ca.1930. Four women kneel on one knee in the first row while five stand in the back row wearing long sashes over silky dresses. The women's faces are painted with thick makeup while they wear conical hats that are more than twice as long as their heads. The woman in the center wears a hat that is flowers out with wires while all the women form blades with their hands and hold their arms in angular poses. The women stand over trimmed grass while bushes and windows of a building are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
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