Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Elmer Maiden directs ten chorus girls in rehearsal for a vaudeville show sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. The show toured Civilian Conservation Corps camps. The rehearsal took place at 843 South Hope street. Related to the article, "W.P.A. Vaudeville Soon To Be Staged In Camps," Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 1935: A3. Text from negative sleeve: 3008. W.P.A. Chorus Girls. 11-27-35. [Stamped:] Dec 3 1935. Text from newspaper caption: "Put a swing in that dance step," explains Elmer Maiden, director, during rehearsal of his protégés in the vaudeville unit of the W.P.A. theater project. The first road company is to depart Monday on a circuit of twenty-seven C.C.C. camps. More than 1200 stage professionals are to be employed by the Federal organization. Handwritten on negative: W.P.A. Chorus Gals, 11-27-35
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_10769 ark:/21198/zz002h9vs9
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Chorus girls Maiden, Elmer United States. Work Projects Administration (Calif.)
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