Young adults on a ride at the Venice Beach fun house, Venice (Los Angeles), 1936

Item Overview

Title

Young adults on a ride at the Venice Beach fun house, Venice (Los Angeles), 1936

Date Created

February 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Notes

Description

Possibly related to the article "BEWILDERING MACHINERY OF MIRTH MIXES NEW AND JOLLY COMPLEXITIES," Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1936: D3.
Four young adults appear to be having fun while bracing themselves against a tunnel that appears to be moving. The man on the left appears to be Hal Booth (Willis Harold Booth), fiance of Ann McNaghten.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3693 -- [stamped date illegible] / Ann McNaghten / Mrs. Malcolm McNaghten (Ma) / Mr. '' '' (Pa) / Hal Booth (fiance) / (Willis Harold Booth) / Feb 1936 / Party for to-be's at fun house
Text from newspaper caption: When Bob English and Jack Hyland invited a large party of friends to the Venice Fun House these honored guests were among the most blithe merrymakers: Hal Booth, Malcolm McNaghten, Mrs. McNaghten and Ann McNaghten. [Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1936: D3]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Subjects

Parties--California--Los Angeles
Socialites--California--Los Angeles

Names

Booth, Willis Harold, 1913-1986

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social life and customs
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image