Impromptu Miss Compton Evelyn Hurlburt, Compton, 1936

Description: With a wide smile Evelyn stands surrounded by multiple bouquets of all different kinds of flowers.
On Compton day over 2, 000 people visited the New Times Building, school children dismissed from classes at noon so they could tour the newspaper plant.
Photograph appears with the article, " 'Times' Building Visited by Delegation of 2000," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1936: A1.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Evelyn Hurlburt 1-29-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3563 - Evelyn Hurlburt Aubrey Hemming Times Flowers from Compton 1-29-36 [stamped:] Feb 7- 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Blond-tressed Evelyn Hurlburt, shown surrounded by flowers, was named Miss Compton in an informal ceremony conducted by a delegation of more than 2000 persons visiting the New Times Building yesterday from Compton. The flowers were presented The Times by the Compton City Council in appreciation of the bid to visit the plant.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Hurlburt, Evelyn, 1926-2002
Los Angeles Times Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Compton (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.052840
Latitude: -118.245057
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Children--California--Compton
Flower arrangements
Bouquets

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12638
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmpg8
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