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Phyllis Bertino, mermaid queen of the Newport-Balboa Harbor opening celebration, Newport Beach, 1936

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Title: Phyllis Bertino, mermaid queen of the Newport-Balboa Harbor opening celebration, Newport Beach, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: May 3, 1936
1936-05-03
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Phyllis Bertino was a mermaid queen in Father Neptune's entourage in the Newport Beach Harbor parade celebrating the opening of the Newport-Balboa pleasure yacht harbor, May 23, 1936.
Related to "Parade of Boats Marks Newport Harbor Opening: Colorful Fiesta Attracts Throng at Initial Two-Day Ceremony; Gov. Merriam Attends," Los Angeles Times, 24 May 1936: A1. (Article misspells Phyllis Bertino's name as Phyllis Bettino)
Phyllis Bertino, wearing a mermaid costume, sits on some mussel-covered rocks on an ocean beach.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 5122. Phyllis Bertino of Venice, Cal. (Newport Bay Pageant). 5/3/36. [stamped:] May 5 1936.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14223
ark:/21198/zz002j7s0z
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Yachts--American--California--Newport Beach
Pageants--California--Newport Beach
Harbors--California--Newport Beach
Parades & processions--California--Newport Beach
Bertino, Phyllis, 1917 or 1918-
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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