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. Harriet Moffitt, Ruth Feldmeth, and Evelyn Bruce are positioned in front of a curtained stage or alcove. Feldmeth is seated while the other two women stand next to her. All three women wear floor length dresses. Moffitt's patterned dress has a ruffled collar and sash. Feldmeth's outfit has a fascinator, and she has a clutch purse in her lap. Bruce wears a plain dress with ruffled sleeves and bow tied behind her back. A different photograph taken at the same occasion appears in "Style at a Price their Aim," Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar 1936: A6. The contest was held at Burdette Hall in the Philharmonic Auditorium, on the evening of March 24, 1936. Harriet Moffitt became Harriet Pollock in 1936. Harriet Moffitt, Ruth Feldmeth, and Evelyn Bruse [Bruce?] were competitors in the first style show of the Girls' Corner Club, where members made their own gowns at a cost not to exceed $1.50. Text from negative sleeve: 5010 - [stamp] APR 29 1936. Corner Club. Misses Harriet Moffitt. Ruth Feldmeth. Evelyn Bruce.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14186 ark:/21198/zz002j7qqv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Women--Clothing & dress--California--Los Angeles Fashion shows--California--Los Angeles Contests--California--Los Angeles Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles Moffitt, Harriet (Harriet Grace), 1917-1997 Girls' Corner Club (Organization) Feldmeth, Ruth (Ruth Pauline), 1906-1993 Philharmonic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bruce, Evelyn
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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