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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. Handwritten at edge of negative: 2927 2927 2927 Bird's-eye view of about 25 dancing couples, mostly in white, with numbers on backs or arms, with crowd and cars in background, Essex pace car in foreground Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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