Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. (L to R) Mrs. Oscar Wells (Helen Wells), Mrs. F. N. Sheperd (Dora Shepherd), Mr. and Mrs. J. Dabney Day, and Michael J. Connell wearing formal evening attire. The group is standing on the sidewalk, other attendants and onlookers are around them. This photograph was taken outside the Shrine Auditorium. The premiere of the third season of Los Angeles Grand Opera held on October 4, 1926 at the Shrine Auditorium. This photograph appears with the article, "Society folk present at opening performance of Grand Opera season here," Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 1926: C38. Text from negative sleeve: Operas, Opening, 1926, x
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6932 ark:/21198/zz002cx7nz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Evening gowns--California--Los Angeles Socialites--California--Los Angeles Day, J. Dabney, 1872-1929 Wells, Helen J. (Helen Jacobs), 1875-1954 Shepherd, Dora H. (Dora Hard), 1879-1965 Los Angeles Grand Opera Association Connell, Michael J., 1854-1934 Day, Nancy, 1880-1937 Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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