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Title
Female impersonator Johnnie David preparing to sing with an unidentified man, Hollywood, circa 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
[1937]
1937
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Female impersonator Johnnie David sits on a piano and prepares to sing with an unknown man at a Hollywood nightclub.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Hollywood degenerates; Johnnie David
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Hollywood degenerates
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025gdrm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles
Cross dressing--California--Los Angeles
Lifestyle
Singers
Female impersonators--California--Los Angeles
Pianos
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
David, Johnnie
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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