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Title: Idiots square dance
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated November 6, 1957 reads "To be called an Idiot in square dancing is not insult, it means you belong to an exclusive club, 'The Idiots,' whose headquarters are at 730 N. 21st Ave., Portland, Ore. Performing requirements of club's initiation, which are to pay surprise visit to caller after midnight from left, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barker, left, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McLagan. Both couples, from Northridge, and are shown dancing in Reseda home of caller Dick Wilson in background."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 16 cm.
Identifier: 00155302
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f18_i5
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128556
Subject: Idiots Square Dance Club
Dancers
Men
Women
Square dancing
Clubs
Initiation rites
Pajamas
Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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