Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Harry Ross applying lipstick to actress Judith Alden. Alden 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. Related to: “Boucicault's 'Octoroon' Revived at Mason Theater,” Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 1936: 9. Text from negative sleeve: Judith Alden... Harry Ross... (P.W.A [sic] Theatre - Mason Theatre). 4/21/36 Handwritten on negative: Judith Alden, Harry Ross
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14255 ark:/21198/zz002j7t30
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Alden, Judith Ross, Harry Mason Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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