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Maury Willows and Electra Waggoner enjoy the beach at the Ambassador, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Maury Willows and Electra Waggoner enjoy the beach at the Ambassador, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: August 1936
1936-08
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
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.
Maury and Electra sit together on a beach towel underneath a large parasol. Other sunbathers can be seen in beach chairs behind them.
Photograph appears with the headline, "Popular New Yorker Likes Sun-Tanning," Los Angeles Times, 07 Aug 1936: A7.
Text from negative sleeve: 6134 - Maury Willows (formerly of Alabama) Mrs. Electra Waggoner Bowman (Texas + NY) society @ Ambassador (Murray Kay Mary photo)
Text from newspaper caption: Absorbing sun vitamins were Maury Willows, formerly of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Electra Waggoner Bowman of New York City when this photo was taken at the Ambassador. Mrs. Bowman is a noted former Texan.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14415
ark:/21198/zz002j80mm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sunbathing--California--Los Angeles
Beaches--California--Los Angeles
Umbrellas
Bathing suits
Willows, Maury
Ambassador Hotel
Biggs, Electra Waggoner, 1912-
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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