Luncheon given in honor of La Argentina, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Luncheon given in honor of La Argentina, Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

February 29, 1932

Date

1932-02-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Guests at a luncheon given in honor of the dancer La Argentina (also known as Antonia Mercé y Luque). Seated, from left: Ruth Eleanor Howard (founder of The American Dancer magazine), Lettie Niese and Henry C. Niese (Argentine Consul), La Argentina, and L. E. Behymer (music and theatrical manager). Standing, from left: Maurice Kusell (dancer and actor), Thomas M. Shelby, Alisa Ryan, Arnold Meckel (manager for La Argentina), and Norma Gould (dancer, choreographer and dance educator). The event was sponsored by the Dancing Teachers’ Business Association and the Dancers’ Protective League of Southern California, at the Jonathan Club. Reported, with a photo of La Argentina, in “TERPSICHOREAN QUEEN URGES NATIONAL DANCE,” Los Angeles Times, 01 Mar. 1932: A2.

Caption

Text from typescript note in negative sleeve: Seated, left to right: L. E. Behymer. La Argentina, Henry C. Niese (Argentine consul), Miss Ruth Eleanor Howard --- Standing, L to R: Norma Gould, Arnold Meckel, Alisa Ryan, Thomas M. Shelby, Maurice Kusell [the typescript note refers to the pictured people's seated or standing positions as if the image were flipped horizontally]
Text from negative sleeve: Behymer, L.E.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives
Group portraits

Names

Behymer, Lynden Ellsworth
Meckel, Arnold
Argentina, 1888-1936
Gould, Norma, 1888-1980
Kusell, Maurice L. (Maurice Lincoln), 1902-1992
Niese, H.C. (Henry C.), 1870-1943
Niese, Lettie Louella, 1873-1964
Ryan, Alisa
Jonathan Club
Howard, Ruth Eleanor
Shelby, Thomas

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dancers--Argentinian--California--Los Angeles
Luncheons--California--Los Angeles