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Title
Actress Lillian Dorinda and an unidentified man at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
April 21, 1936
1936-04-21
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.
Related to: “Boucicault's 'Octoroon' Revived at Mason Theater,” Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 1936: 9.
Actress Lillian Dorinda holding two large bouquets of flowers, accompanied by an unidentified man. Dorinda was appearing in a revival of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon. It is likely that this photograph was taken at the Mason Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theatre Project.
Handwritten on negative: Lillian Dorinda
Text from negative sleeve: Lillian Dorinda... (P.W.A [sic] Theatre - Mason Theatre). 4/21/36.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14251
ark:/21198/zz002j7szf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Dorinda, Lillian
Mason Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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