Fiancés Ann McNaughten and Hal Booth laugh with Ann’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. McNaughten while going down a slide, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Fiancés Ann McNaughten and Hal Booth laugh with Ann’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. McNaughten while going down a slide, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 16, 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Fiancés Ann McNaughten and Hal Booth going down a slide with Ann’s parents Florence Edna Letts and Malcolm McNaughten at their engagement party. The slide appears to be made of wood, and is indoors. In the background an unidentified man sits with his arms in his lap.
This photograph appears with the article, “BEWILDERING MACHINERY OF MIRTH MIXES NEW AND JOLLY COMPLEXITIES,” Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1936: D3.
Mrs. Malcolm McNaughten’s maiden name is Florence Edna Letts.

Caption

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.
Text from negative sleeve: 3693—Ann McNaghten, Mrs. Malcolm McNaughten (ma), Mr. Malcolm McNaughten (pa), Hal Booth (fiancé), (Willis Harold Booth), Feb 1936, Party for to-be’s at fun house.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Betrothal--California--Los Angeles
Sliding
Smiling

Names

McNaughten, Malcolm, 1890-1959
Letts, Florence Edna, 1887-1966
Booth, Willis Harold, 1913-1986
McNaghten, Ann, 1915-1975

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image