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. Mrs. Malcolm McNaughten’s maiden name is Florence Edna Letts. Photograph of Fiancés Ann McNaughten and Hal Booth going down a slide with Ann’s parents Florence Edna Letts and Malcolm McNaughten at their engagement party. The slide appears to be made of wood, and is indoors. In the background an unidentified man sits with his arms in his lap. This photograph appears with 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. Text from negative sleeve: 3693—Ann McNaghten, Mrs. Malcolm McNaughten (ma), Mr. Malcolm McNaughten (pa), Hal Booth (fiancé), (Willis Harold Booth), Feb 1936, Party for to-be’s at fun house.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12773 ark:/21198/zz002hmv4h
Subject
Sliding Betrothal--California--Los Angeles Smiling Booth, Willis Harold, 1913-1986 Letts, Florence Edna, 1887-1966 McNaughten, Malcolm, 1890-1959 McNaghten, Ann, 1915-1975
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