Marathon dance competitors, Culver City or Santa Monica, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Marathon dance competitors, Culver City or Santa Monica, 1928

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

April 19, 1928

Date

1928-04-19

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Bird's-eye view of about 25 dancing couples, mostly in white, with numbers on backs or arms, with crowd and cars in background, Essex pace car in foreground

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: 2927 2927 2927
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2927, Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. 1928. Exclusive Negat[ives] Culver City, Cal., 4/19/28. Dancers ready for starting gu[n.] World's endurance dancing championship starting 5 pm on Washington boulevard in the motion picture studio center. 50 couples one-stepped six miles to Ocean Park amusem[ent] section where the contest will continue until completed. Only fifty couples out of hundreds applying were accepte[d] for the contest. Rigid physical tests were required of the entrants.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
bird's-eye views

Location

California--Culver City
California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Essex automobile
Sports
Dance marathons--California--Santa Monica
Lifestyle