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Title
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951
Contributor
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer)
King, Lucille S. -- b. ca. 1892 (subject)
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Bartlett (Adelbert) Papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Text from negative sleeve: Lucille King, Euclid and Carlyle, Witches etc 9/20/51, Doll Show etc
This image is possibly related to the June 3, 1955 L.A. Times article "Ventriloquist to Head Show for Crippled Children".
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, stands to the left on stage, holding a dummy, while three child actresses pose in doll like stances. A boy holding an accordion stands on th far left, only partially visible. Also seen onstage are various pieces of furniture and dolls and another ventriloquist dummy. An audience can be seen in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic negative
Identifier
edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.bartlett:2408
uclamss_1300_2471
2471
ark:/21198/zz002d429g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actors -- American -- California
Dolls -- California
Actresses -- American -- California
Child actors -- California
Theatrical productions -- California
Ventriloquists -- California -- Los Angeles
Place
California
Relation
Adelbert Bartlett Papers. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA

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