John Burroughs Jr. High School play, Los Angeles, 1937

Item Overview

Title

John Burroughs Jr. High School play, Los Angeles, 1937

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

October 13, 1937

Date

1937-10-13

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Four performers in a John Burroughs Jr. High School play. They are dressed in 17th century attire and are most likely portraying early settlers (possibly Jamestown or Plymouth). The two females wear bonnets, dresses with aprons tied at the waist, and scarves around their necks. One is seated at a spinning wheel seen with a spool of yarn is seen wound on a spindle. The standing male is dressed as a soldier. He holds a long firearm in one hand and a morion helmet in the other, and wears a breast plate over his doublet (jacket). The seated male wears a cloak, jacket, breeches and stockings, a Pilgrim’s hat rest on his thighs. The setting is the interior of a log dwelling with a stone fireplace. Additional props include a large wooden bench, a wooden bucket (at right), a kettle that hangs inside of the fireplace, and a pitcher of flowers atop the mantle.

Caption

Written on edge of negative: B W 37
Text from negative sleeve: Home Rooms. Fall 1937. 2949. John Burroughs Jr High School. 10/13/37. Play. Good for magazine.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

John Burroughs Junior High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.0648118

Latitude

-118.33713269999998

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Schools--California--Los Angeles
Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles