Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Possibly related to the article, "Tone Welcomes Conductor: STOKOWSKI ACCLAIMED Orchestra Plays to 10,000 Screen Stars and Society Leaders Jam Auditorium for Concert," Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 1936: A1 Cellist Elsa Hilger of the Philadelphia Orchestra sits at center. She sits facing towards the left. Her cello stands in front her and rests against her body. Elsa rifles through a small pouch sitting on her far knee while holding her bow in her near hand. She appears to sit in a backstage area. A trunk sits on the ground to the right of her and clothing hangs from the surrounding walls and beams. Text from negative sleeve: 5107 May 5, 1936 Elsa Hilger, Saul Caston, Leopold Stokowski, Albert Doglis, Harry Boo, Sigmund Hering, Marjorie Tyre, Edna Phillips, Crowd Philadelphia Orchestra 4/27/36 Handwritten on negative: Elsa Hilger 4/27/36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14213 ark:/21198/zz002j7rn9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Concerts--California--Los Angeles Musicians--American--California--Los Angeles Violoncellos Philadelphia Orchestra Hilger, Elsa
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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