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Handwritten at edge of negative: Bartlett File 2927 4/19/28 Dance Marathon ready to go Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2927, Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. 1928. Exclusive Negat[ives] Culver City, Cal., 4/19/28. Dancers ready for starting gu[n.] World's endurance dancing championship starting 5 pm on Washington boulevard in the motion picture studio center. 50 couples one-stepped six miles to Ocean Park amusem[ent] section where the contest will continue until completed. Only fifty couples out of hundreds applying were accepte[d] for the contest. Rigid physical tests were required of the entrants. About 11 couples in dance poses, mostly in white, with numbers on arms, on street with spectators, trees, and buildings at left
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