Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A similar photograph, cropped to show only Miss Baker’s face, appears with the article “Fan Dancer Seized and Trial Fixed, Two Men Also Arrested at Club on Charges of Giving Immoral Show,” Los Angeles Times, 17May 1935: A2 Joyce Baker (aka Patricia Lee), in hat and long houndstooth coat, in dance pose on desk, standing on blotter, with papers and rose in vase near her feet, another desk with drawers, papers, flowers, book, clock, and framed photographs in background Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Baker, Joyce, fan dancer Handwritten at edge of negative: Joyce Baker (Fan Dancer) 5-16-35
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