Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Dorothy leans on top of a piano reading sheet music. Part of a man's face who is sitting at the piano can be seen to her right. There is the caption from the newspaper attached upside-down at the bottom of the photograph. Photograph appears at the bottom left under the issue 12 Jan 1936: C8. Text from newspaper caption: DOROTHY SHAW Rising above the handicap of infantile paralysis, Dorothy Shaw, young Pasadena singer, has now after fifteen years reached a state of proficiency where she participates in productions at the Junior Community Playhouse and in general concert work. A graduate of Occidental College, she is now studying at the Mebane Beasley Studios. Text from negative sleeve: 3255 - Dorothy Shaw [stamped:] {illegible}
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12128 ark:/21198/zz002h845d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Pianos Entertainers--California--Los Angeles Shaw, Dorothy Mebane Beasley Studios
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