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Title
Patsy May, 20 months old, begins an acting career shortly after her adoption, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
December 1935
1935-12
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.
Patsy stands on a table holding a large sheet of paper.
A month after her adoption by her grandparents, reported in the article from November 6th, Patsy signed a contract to begin acting in the Our Gang series.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Child Will Be Adopted," Los Angeles Times, 06 Nov 1935: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Patsy May - 12-10-35
Text from negative sleeve: 4093 - Patsy May - 20 months 12 -10-35 contract approval [stamped:] Dec 20 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13105
ark:/21198/zz002hn7k0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Contracts
Child actors--California--Los Angeles
Dittemore, Patsy May, 1934-2013
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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