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Title
Actors skate on a fake ice pond
Alternative Title
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
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.
Description
These four frames show actors skating on a fake ice rink created on a movie studio lot with "Hypo Ice." The ice rink is created by mixing chemicals and then pouring that mixture onto a wire mesh. At upper left, three actresses hold a skating pose on the "ice rink." At upper right, actors and actresses wearing ice skates can be seen skating on the pond. At bottom left, a woman wearing a bathing suits poses in ice skates, and at bottom right, a man and woman actually skate while a couple seated at a bench look on.
Type
image
Format
4 photographic prints :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00013529
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
N-004-014.9 4x5; N-004-014.10 4x5; N-004-014.11 4x5; N-003-014.12 4x5;
CARL0000020341
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/85999
Subject
Motion picture studios--California--Los Angeles
Actors--United States
Ice skating--California--Los Angeles
Ice skating rinks--California--Los Angeles

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