Typewritten description of photograph of young women preparing for sunbathing, Santa Monica, circa 1930
Contributor
Essex, Estelle, -- b. 1914 (subject) University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer) Deauville Club (Santa Monica, Calif.) (repository) McQueen, Dorothy, -- b. ca. 1914 (subject) Hallehan, Andray, -- b. ca. 1914 (subject) Cornell, Dorothy, -- b. ca. 1914 (subject) Gilbert, Texas Rose Doshier, -- 1914-2003 (subject) Bull, Meredith Gertrude Faulkner, -- 1913-1990 (subject)
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Description
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Sun-Worshippers, Reshoot this Text reads in part: Exclusive, For Outright Sale, 1391 to 1398. SUN WORSHIPPERS PREPARE FOR BEACH SEASON. After the manner of priestesses ... these modern sun-worshippers at the Deauville Beach, Los Angeles' exclusive ocean playground, anoint with oil and unguents ... Modern maids ... don the new low-back bathing suits ... to permit the sun rays to act upon every possible bit of body ... In the group are, left to right, Dorothy McQueen, Estelle Essex, Meredith Faulkner, Andray Hallehan, Texas Rose Doshier; kneeling, Dorothy Cornell. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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