Ethel Sissle modelling in a fashion show emceed by Dickie Barrow at Elk's Hall , Los Angeles, 1945

Title: Ethel Sissle modelling in a fashion show emceed by Dickie Barrow at Elk's Hall , Los Angeles, 1945
Alternative title: Fall Fashion Review 45-46
Date Created: 1945
Date: 1945
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Summary: Ethel Sissle (1915-1984) was maried to the band leader Noble Sissle, and later to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Dickie Barrow was a local gay socialite who hosted and emceed social events such as fashion shows.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Photograph of a fashion review emceed by Dickie Barrow (dressed in suit, standing in front of the stage). Modeling in the show is Ethel (Sissle) Gordon.

Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Names: Barrow, Dickie, d. 1978
Sissle, Ethel
Location: California--Los Angeles
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Culture; Fashion shows--California--Los Angeles
African American gay men--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0537
Collection 1867 Box 3 Folder 5
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025pmqp
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