Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Actors (L to R) Philip Armenta, Nat Leffingwell, and George Kern posing with a canoe. The men were 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. Related to: “Boucicault's 'Octoroon' Revived at Mason Theater,” Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 1936: 9. Text from negative sleeve: Philip Armenta, Nat Leffingwell, George Kern... (P.W.A [sic] Theatre - Mason Theatre). 4/21/36 Handwritten on negative: Geo Kern, Nat Leffingwell, Phillip Armenta
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14253 ark:/21198/zz002j7t1z
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles Canoes Leffingwell, Nat Kern, George Armenta, Philip, 1875- Mason Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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