Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “Youngsters Join Favorite in Songfest: ‘SINGING LADY’ VISITS DAY NURSERY CHILDREN,” Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 1935: 6. Photograph of Mrs. Ella W. Duffield playing an upright piano, while the children of the Goodwill Nursery surround her. Some children sit on the floor, some stand, and some sit on top of the piano. Text from negative sleeve: 2284—Goodwill Day Nursery 9-18-35. [Stamped:] SEP 26 1935. Text from newspaper caption: “Once there was a lovely princess whose heart was glad,” sing these happy children gathered about the piano with their favorite “singing lady,” Mrs. Ella W. Duffield, at the Goodwill Nursery. Mrs. Duffield teaches the youngsters some of her own compositions as well as other favorites from story-book land. Handwritten on negative: Goodwill day nursery 9-18-35.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8715 ark:/21198/zz002dgnc6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Pianos Nursery schools--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Duffield, Ella, 1864-1938
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