Salt Water Carnival queen’s court posed with longboards, Santa Monica Beach, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Salt Water Carnival queen’s court posed with longboards, Santa Monica Beach, 1941

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

May 24, 1941

Date

1941-05-24

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Six young women from the Salt Water Carnival Queen’s court, wearing bathing suits and leis around their necks, photographed in front of longboards planted in the sand. The pier can be seen in the background along with a building next to the sands (partially viewed at right). Photographed at the Salt Water Carnival, sponsored by Santa Monica Junior College.
The Salt Water Carnival was sponsored by Santa Monica Junior College. The event took place May 24, 1941, as reported in the article, “Salt Water Carnival Plans Completed,” Corsair, 21 May 1941.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2948. Jr. College SMonica. Swim meet, 5/20/41

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Festivals--California--Santa Monica
Santa Monica State Beach Park (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Beaches--California--Santa Monica
Students--American--California--Santa Monica