Norma Gould, modern dance pioneer, strikes a pose, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Norma Gould, modern dance pioneer, strikes a pose, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

August 1935

Date

1935-08

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Norma Gould's School of the Dance has received an expansion in enrollment and moved to more spacious quarters on South La Brea.
Photograph appears with the article, "Norma Gould's New Location Due to Growth," Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug 1935: D7.
A picture of a photograph of Norma wearing a dress with sleeves that drape over her arms and down to her legs. Her eyes are closed and her legs are crossed.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: NORMA GOULD
Text from negative sleeve: 1838 - NORMA GOULD (COPY) dance teacher [stamped:] Aug 30 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Left, Lorraine Krueger, 18 years of age, a pupil of the Fanchon and Marco School of the Theater, who appeared in three of the four Hollywood Bowl ballets produced by Miss Fanchon during July and August. Right, Norma Gould, local teacher of the dance, in a classic pose.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Gould, Norma, 1888-1980

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dancers--American--California--Los Angeles
Modern dance--California--Los Angeles
Teachers--California--Los Angeles