US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Standing on the deck of the ship, Dr. Thorpe stands beside Mary, holding baby Marylyn wrapped in a white blanket. Mary Astor and Dr. Thorpe's daughter "Marylyn" gets her name from a combination of Mary and Franklyn. She was born in Honolulu on June 15th, and is successfully gaining weight. Photograph appears with the article, "Tiny Miss Likes California," Los Angeles Times, 09 July 1932: A12. Text from negative sleeve: THORPE, FRANKLYN DR. 1925 Text from newspaper caption: Southland Sunshine Makes Her Sleepy Miss Astor, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe and their daughter, Marylyn, born in Hawaii June 15, arrive aboard Lassco flagship, City of Los Angeles. Handwritten on negative: Dr. Franklyn Thorpe Mary Astor Marlyn Thorpe
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3786 ark:/21198/zz002cpfxv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Infants--California--Los Angeles Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Blankets Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles Families--American--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Steamship Company Thorpe, Marylyn Hauoli, b. 1932 Thorpe, Franklyn, 1892-1977 Astor, Mary, 1906-1987
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