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Title
Child on adult's shoulders on beach, Pacific Palisades, 1927
Contributor
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer)
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Bartlett (Adelbert) Papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
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Description
Girl on beach holding umbrella wearing oversize floral-pattern coat, perched on shoulders of adult also wearing coat, with adult's head and body completely covered, creating the illusion of an 8-foot-tall child. About 15 children wearing bathing suits are gathered watching, waving and smiling.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2415, 15 negs. Pacific Palisades, Various children on beach etc, 1927. Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. Fun on [struck out: Will Rogers] Pacific Palisades beach and Santa Monica, altho privately owned by Will and associates is free to the public, but will shortly be purchased by County of Los Angeles as peremanent [sic] free beach, if plans go thru.
Handwritten on edge of negative: 2415 P4
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic negative
Identifier
edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.bartlett:664
uclamss_1300_0657
0657
ark:/21198/zz002bdvz5
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Beaches -- California -- Pacific Palisades
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pacific Palisades
Relation
Adelbert Bartlett Papers. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA

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