Child ballerina and accordian player perform with ventriloquist Lucille King, 1951
Contributor
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer) University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) King, Lucille S. -- b. ca. 1892 (subject)
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. On a stage, in the foreground, are a child ballerina and accordion player. To the far right sits an ventriloquist Lucille S. King, on a couch with her dummy, and an actor, dressed as a clown, sits on the floor. Even father to the left, offstage, stand several women. This image is possibly related to the June 3, 1955 L.A. Times article "Ventriloquist to Head Show for Crippled Children". Text from negative sleeve: Lucille King, Euclid and Carlyle, Witches etc 9/20/51, Doll Show etc
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