US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The six women wear identical dresses and stand in uniform with their mouths agape in front of a black curtain. Photograph appears with the headline, "Leaders in Club Verse Speaking Choir," Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan 1936: D8. Text from negative sleeve: 3497 - Cosmo Juniors not in neg Sarah Taft Teschke Verse Speaking Choir) In 2 yrs training--Choirs originated in Glasgow Misses Gertrude Elshire Barbara Lynn Dorothy Dahl Mary Hapcraft Rosemary Perrins Beatrice Wagner [stamped:] Jan 31 1936 Text from newspaper caption: Misses Gertrude Elshire, Barbara Lynn, Dorothy Dahl, Mary Hapcraft, Rosemary Perrins and Beatrice Wagner, members of Cosmos Club Juniors, are members of the leading verse speaking choir among women's groups. Mrs. Sarah Taft Teschke originated the art among clubwomen that the speaking voice might be improved. It had its origin many years ago in Glasgow, Scotland.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12483 ark:/21198/zz002hmh4p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Choirs (Music) Singing--California--Los Angeles Dahl, Dorothy, b. 1916 or 17 Perrins, Rosemary, b. 1915 or 16 Wagner, Beatrice Elshire, Gertrude, b. 1917 or 18 Hapcraft, Mary$q (Mary Hopcraft), b. 1912 Lynn, Barbara
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