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

Date

1936-02-16

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.
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.

Caption

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.
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.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

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

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Betrothal--California--Los Angeles
Smiling
Sliding