Typewritten description of photograph of young women preparing for sunbathing, Santa Monica, circa 1930

Item Overview

Title

Typewritten description of photograph of young women preparing for sunbathing, Santa Monica, circa 1930

Creator

Bartlett, Adelbert, $d 1887-1966

Date Created

[circa 1930]

Date

1930

Language

English

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Sun-Worshippers, Reshoot this
Text reads in part: Exclusive, For Outright Sale, 1391 to 1398. SUN WORSHIPPERS PREPARE FOR BEACH SEASON. After the manner of priestesses ... these modern sun-worshippers at the Deauville Beach, Los Angeles' exclusive ocean playground, anoint with oil and unguents ... Modern maids ... don the new low-back bathing suits ... to permit the sun rays to act upon every possible bit of body ... In the group are, left to right, Dorothy McQueen, Estelle Essex, Meredith Faulkner, Andray Hallehan, Texas Rose Doshier; kneeling, Dorothy Cornell.

Physical Description

Extent

1 p.

Keywords

Genre

typescripts

Names

Hallehan, Andray, b. ca. 1914
Deauville Club (Santa Monica, Calif.)
McQueen, Dorothy, b. ca. 1914
Bull, Meredith Gertrude Faulkner, 1913-1990
Gilbert, Texas Rose Doshier, 1914-2003
Cornell, Dorothy, b. ca. 1914
Essex, Estelle, b. 1914

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lifestyle
Sunbathing--California--Santa Monica