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Katherine Gibbon, J. W. McKinley, and Mrs. G. R. Martin at the Bachelors' Mardi Gras Ball at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Katherine Gibbon, J. W. McKinley, and Mrs. G. R. Martin at the Bachelors' Mardi Gras Ball at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 20, 1936
1936-02-20
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
In costume for the Mardi Gras ball, Katherine Gibbon wearing a satin gown, J. W. McKinley dressed as a pirate, and Mrs. G. R. Martin in a Tyrolean dress. All pose for a group portrait.
Reported in: “Brilliant setting distinguishes annual Mardi Gras Ball at the Bachelors: society set dances amid floral color,” Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 1936: A7.
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Mrs. W. R. Gibbon, J. W. McKinley, Mrs. G. R. Martin 2-20-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3800. Mrs. W. R. Gibbon, J. W. McKinley, Mrs. G. R. Martin, Mr. James A. Gibson, Mrs. James A. Gibson. Batchelors Ball. 2-20-36.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12845
ark:/21198/zz002hmxmq
Subject: Balls (Parties)--California--Los Angeles
Martin, G. R. Mrs
McKinley, James Wilfred, 1891-1957
Gibbon, Katherine, 1894-1986
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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