Typewritten description of photographs of young women sunbathing with paper silhouettes, Venice, 1930
Contributor
Diebold, June B., -- b. 1912 (subject) University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) Peairs, Thelma (subject) Boria, Georges Dimitri, -- 1902-1990 (subject)
copyrighted The copyright holder of these items has granted the UC Regents permission to make them publicly available on the web.
Description
Text reads in part: Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. Exclusive. Place a silhouette cut-out of your preferred masculine profile upon your arm, like [lie] in the sun for a thorough sun-tanning, and when you remove the silhouette you have a perfect impression of said male profile, say girls at Venice, Calif., Los Angeles favorite bathing beach. Georges Boria, French silhouette artist who is visiting here, started the vogue. He is shown pasting a cut-out on the arm of Miss Thelma Peairs, while Miss June Diebold ... waits her turn ... Picture shows group of Venice girls happily sun bathing in the knowledge that soon they will be blessed with all manner of skin decorations that will probably last the summer out. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
