Jonnie Jean Harris, Barbara Allen, and Jean Getzman, members of the Girls' Corner Club, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Jonnie Jean Harris, Barbara Allen, and Jean Getzman, members of the Girls' Corner Club, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

March 24, 1936

Date

1936-03-24

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

An edited form of this photograph appeared in "Style at a Price their Aim," Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar 1936: A6.
Jean Getzman was edited out of the photograph in the paper.
Left to right, Jonnie Jean Harris, Barbara Allen, Jean Getzman. Harris wears a maxi skirt and matching belted jacket and top. Allen wears a flutter-sleeved gingham belted tea-length dress and lace up oxfords. Getzman wears a long dress of flowy material and a ruffled neckline. They stand next to a curtained alcove or the edge of a stage.
The contest was held at Burdette Hall in the Philharmonic Auditorium, on the evening of March 24, 1936.

Caption

Text accompanying photograph in paper: Misses Jonnie Jean Harris and Barbara Allen of the Girls' Corner Club were winners in the first style show, when members competed for awards by making their own gowns at a cost not to exceed $1.50. Mrs. Francis Neth was chairman of the contest and judges were Princess Der Ling, Peggy Hamilton and Carrie Jacobs Bond.
Text from negative sleeve: 5010-[stamp] APR 29 1936. Corner Club. Misses Jonnie Jean Harris. Barbara Allen. Jean Getzman.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Allen, Barbara
Girls' Corner Club (Organization)
Getzman, Jean
Harris, Jonnie Jean, approximately 1914-

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Fashion shows--California--Los Angeles
Contests--California--Los Angeles
Women--Clothing & dress--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940
Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles