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. A group of women surround two models, one wearing an evening dress from the style of 1933, and the second wearing a dress from the style 50 years previous. The models' clothing is part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of J.W. Robinson Co department store. This photograph appears in the article, "Store Marks Anniversary; Throngs at Robinson's Levee Voice Appreciation of Entertainment for Eye and Ear," Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 1933: A1. Text from newspaper caption: Audience compares modes of today with those of fifty years ago. Handwritten on negative: W.L. Valentine Text from negative sleeve: Valentine, W.L., J.W. Robinson Pres., 50th Anniversary, 1933
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4093 ark:/21198/zz002cpthz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Department stores--California--Los Angeles Fashion models--California--Los Angeles J. W. Robinson Co
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