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Party-goers on a slide at Venice Beach fun house, Venice (Los Angeles), 1936

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Title: Party-goers on a slide at Venice Beach fun house, Venice (Los Angeles), 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February, 1936
1936-02
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
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.
Three smiling people using burlap bags to go down a large slide. The person in front looks blurry from going down the slide so fast. They appear to be attending Ann McNaghten and Hal Booth's engagement party at the Venice Beach fun house.
Possibly related to the article "BEWILDERING MACHINERY OF MIRTH MIXES NEW AND JOLLY COMPLEXITIES," Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1936: D3.
Text from newspaper caption: When Bob English and Jack Hyland invited a large party of friends to the Venice Fun House these honored guests were among the most blithe merrymakers: Hal Booth, Malcolm McNaghten, Mrs. McNaghten and Ann McNaghten. [Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1936: D3]
Text from negative sleeve: 3693 -- [stamped date illegible] / Ann McNaghten / Mrs. Malcolm McNaghten (Ma) / Mr. '' '' (Pa) / Hal Booth (fiance) / (Willis Harold Booth) / Feb 1936 / Party for to-be's at fun house
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12772
ark:/21198/zz002hmv30
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Socialites--California--Los Angeles
Parties--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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