US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Anna E. La Chappelle, left, wears an off-the-shoulder dress and Millicent Barham, right, wears an elaborate outfit that includes a headpiece. A fashion show of costumes donated by the Mexican government was held at an Assistance League luncheon hour in December 1935. A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the headline, "Mexican Costumes Modeled," Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec 1935: D4. Date derived from series of photographs, one of which was published, depicting young women modeling Mexican costumes during a fashion show in December of 1935. Handwritten on negative: Anna E. La Chappelle, Millicent Barham Text from negative sleeve: 5513 -- Millicent Barham, Anna E La Chappelle, society [stamped:] JUN 7- 1936
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14320 ark:/21198/zz002j7wbk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles Costumes--Mexican Brickwork--California--Los Angeles La Chapelle, Anna E., 1912-1995 Barham, Millicent, 1915-2006
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