Image / Betty Jones examining casting cards, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Betty Jones examining casting cards, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 13, 1935
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.
Betty examines a fan of casting cards in her hand as she types on the machine's keyboard.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Device Picks Film Extras," Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep 1935: 3.
The Central Casting Corporation has created a machine that upon entering desired casting requirements suggests extras that meet these requirements.
Handwritten on negative: Betty Jones 9-13-35.
Text from negative sleeve: 2318 - Betty Jones Patsy Palmer Bert Hampton Catherine Rennick Phyliss Anderson Bus. Machine. 9-11-35 [stamped:] Oct 1- 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8734
ark:/21198/zz002dgp1h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Machinery
Jones, Betty
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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