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Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan pose together, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan pose together, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 3, 1935
1935-09-03
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan (known as the Heavenly Twins and the Duncan Sisters) pose together looking at what may be financial records of some sort.
In 1935 the sisters, who had gained success in film and theater starring as the characters Eva and Topsy (a role which Rosetta played in blackface) were attempting to make a comeback after various personal and financial troubles.
Text from negative sleeve: 1964- Vivian Duncan - Eva (seated) + Rosetta Duncan - Topsy (holding paper.) "Heavenly Twins." 9-3-35. [Stamped:] 9-3-35
Handwritten on negative: L to R- Vivian Duncan, Rosetta Duncan 9-3-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8298
ark:/21198/zz002dg50r
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Duncan Sisters
Duncan, Rosetta, 1900-1959
Duncan, Vivian, 1902-1986
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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