Clown on stilts, advertising dance marathon, with child on beach, Santa Monica, 1928
Item Overview
- Title
- Clown on stilts, advertising dance marathon, with child on beach, Santa Monica, 1928
- Photographer
- Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
- Date Created
- 1928
- Date
- 1928
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Notes
- Description
-
Date from Los Angeles Times article, April 8, 1928: Car Again Chosen to Officially Lead Dancers: "The Essex has again been chosen as the official pace car for the Endurance Dance Marathon which ends at Ocean Park, after starting from Los Angeles on April 19"
Clown on stilts, in tuxedo, top hat decorated with dance marathon advertisement, and whiteface, standing near ladder on beach with lifeguard buoy, facing small child in bathing suit, with about 8 spectators and sunbathers and buildings in background
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Dimensions
- 4 x 5 inches
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Location
- California--Santa Monica
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Stilts
Events
Clowns
Media
Dance marathons--California--Santa Monica
Beaches--California--Santa Monica
Entertainment
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
-
1549
uclamss_1300_1549 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002bxd46
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.