Bettina Gartzman dressed as a Russian kulak, Alhambra, 1936

Description: Similar photograph appears with the article, "New Characters Come to Life for Prominent Guests," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr 1936: C1.
Bettina wears a dress that ends a few inches above her knees. The bottom half has stripes of varying sizes and colors, while the top consists of a laced bodice with puffed sleeves. She wears a crown that has lace, mock jewels, and ribbons.
The Spinsters' Gazette is recognized as the world's largest newspaper, and last evening held a Newspaper Headlines Ball at the Midwick Country Club, in which women dressed as personified newspaper stories and figures.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4905 - Bettina Gartzman spinsters society [stamped:] Apr 19 1936
Handwritten on negative: Bettina Gartzman

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Balls (Parties)--California--Alhambra
Ball dresses
Costumes--American
Names: Midwick Country Club (Alhambra, Calif.)
Gartzman, Bettina, b. 1916 or 1917?
Spinsters Club of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Alhambra (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.069247
Latitude: -118.144932
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_14109
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7n22
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