Assembly at the Memorial Greek Ampitheatre, Santa Monica, 1937-1939

Item Overview

Title

Assembly at the Memorial Greek Ampitheatre, Santa Monica, 1937-1939

Photographer

Farnham, Carolyn Bartlett, 1921-1985

Date Created

[between 1937-1939]

Date

1937/1939

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Photographs housed with this negative sleeve are related to others from a sleeve labeled "Carolyn's negatives." The photographs are visually and thematically similar. In addition, both sleeves contained photographs of Santa Monica High School structures built between 1937 and 1939 by the Works Project Administration (WPA). Both sleeves also included construction site images, likely related to the WPA’s reconstruction project (image ark nos. 21198/zz002d8j8h and 198/zz002d8k9h).
Photograph of an assembly at the Memorial Greek Ampitheatre on the Santa Monica High School campus. A speaker stands at a podium (in the pit below the stage) while two pairs of boys, each set wearing an Army and Navy uniform, stand on a walkway. The boy on the left in the Navy uniform holds an American flag, while the boy on the right carries an unidentified flag. Additional flags stand behind the boys. Student spectators sit in the amphitheater stands. Band members are seated at foreground with their instruments and sheet music visible. Assembly photographed by Carolyn Bartlett.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: SMHi Art Rm. Open House Nite. [Sleeve is an envelope addressed to Mr. Adelbert Bartlett with postal cancelation: "Los Angeles, Calif., Apr 25, 1937."]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Santa Monica High School (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Memorial Greek Amphitheatre (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

34.011493

Latitude

-118.484974

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Open-air theaters--California--Santa Monica