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. Related to "Elite of Southland Don Colorful Costumes for Festive Spinsters' Ball," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr 1936: C1. Virginia Dunning leans against a stair railing next to a large newspaper board prop. Howard Stowitts leans on her, his right arm behind her back, his left hand pointing at her face. Stowitts wears a swimsuit with button straps and sunglasses. Dunning appears to be wearing a military influenced outfit. The Spinsters' Ball, founded in 1926, was held on April 18, 1936 at the Midwick Country Club, with a theme of Newspaper Headlines Ball. Handwritten on negative: Howard Stowitts, Mrs. Dodge Dunning Text from negative sleeve: 4916. [stamp] APR 23 1936. Howard Stowitts. Mrs Dodge Dunning.Spinsters Ball. 4/18/36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14113 ark:/21198/zz002j7n64
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dance parties--California--Alhambra Masquerades--California--Alhambra Costumes--American Spinsters Club of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Dunning, Virginia L. Crews Midwick Country Club (Alhambra, Calif.) Stowitts, Howard A., 1904-1947
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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