Ella W. Duffield playing piano and singing with nursery children, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Ella W. Duffield playing piano and singing with nursery children, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

September 23, 1935

Date

1935-09-23

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, “Youngsters Join Favorite in Songfest: ‘SINGING LADY’ VISITS DAY NURSERY CHILDREN,” Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 1935: 6.
Photograph of Mrs. Ella W. Duffield playing an upright piano, while the children of the Goodwill Nursery surround her. Some children sit on the floor, some stand, and some sit on top of the piano.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2284—Goodwill Day Nursery 9-18-35. [Stamped:] SEP 26 1935.
Text from newspaper caption: “Once there was a lovely princess whose heart was glad,” sing these happy children gathered about the piano with their favorite “singing lady,” Mrs. Ella W. Duffield, at the Goodwill Nursery. Mrs. Duffield teaches the youngsters some of her own compositions as well as other favorites from story-book land.
Handwritten on negative: Goodwill day nursery 9-18-35.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Group portraits

Names

Duffield, Ella, 1864-1938

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.055293

Latitude

-118.240572

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pianos
Nursery schools--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles