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Title
Verse-speaking choir of Fairburn-avenue school, Westwood, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1936
1936-01
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.
A group portrait of the students lined up in two rows, all of them wearing dark smocks and white pants or skirts. The students are: Donald Wood, Lloyd Dixon, Barbara Barton, Ruth Borchardt, Carolyn Aberle, Martha Stratton, Judy Dudley, Anne McPhee, Elinor Tresselt, Beverly Griffiths, Marie Whisand, Barbara Ryan, Evelyn Whitman, Marite Delaney, Dick Rice, Patsy Pursell, Charles Ferris, Conchita Bowman, Jimmy Reeves, Betty Hutton and Jack Van Gorder.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Verse Choir Trains Here," Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan 1936: A2.
Mrs. Gertrude Enfield of the International Verse-Speaking Fellowship and principal at Fairburn-avenue school claims verse-speaking choir as a solution to the problem of mass education in good speech. The children of the choir are selected for their talents in voice and scholarship.
Handwritten on negative: Chior at Fairburn Ave School 1-15-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3243 - Choir Fairburn Ave School 1 - 15 - 36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12121
ark:/21198/zz002h83x9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Children--California--Westwood
Choirs (Music)
Students--American--California--Westwood
Van Gorder, Jack, b. 1923 or 24
Hutton, Betty
Pursell, Patricia, b. 1924 or 25
Griffiths, Beverly, b. 1925 or 26
Barton, Barbara
Tresselt, Elinor, b. 1924 or 25
Rice, Dick
Dixon, Lloyd
Whisand, Marie
Dudley, Judy
Wood, Donald
McPhee, Anne
Delaney, Marite
Aberle, Carolyn, 1924-1993
Bowman, Conchita, b. 1924
Ryan, Barbara
Ferris, Charles, 1924-2008
Borchardt, Ruth
Reeves, Jimmy
Whitman, Evelyn, 1924 or 25
Stratton, Martha, b. 1924 or 25
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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