15-year-old opera singer Lura Sears, Alhambra, 1940

Item Overview

Title
15-year-old opera singer Lura Sears, Alhambra, 1940
Date Created
February 17, 1940
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
Opera singer Lura Sears sits with her legs crossed while wearing a skirt. 15-year-old Sears was chosen as the lead role in the four-act opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" that was presented by the San Gabriel Valley Opera Company in Alhambra.
Caption
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Sears, Lura (15 yrs.).
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Lura Sears.

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Subjects
Opera singers
Entertainment
Arts
Names
Sears, Lura
Location
Alhambra (Calif.)
Resource type
still image

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier
22751
uclamss_1387_22751-02
ARK
ark:/21198/zz0027zmwp
Manifest url
IIIF Manifest

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Rights statement
copyrighted
Rights Holder
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Rights Country
US
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License
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