Women, probably participants in a Jack Kearns dance marathon, walk through a crowd towards a police patrol car, Los Angeles, probably 1934

Title: Women, probably participants in a Jack Kearns dance marathon, walk through a crowd towards a police patrol car, Los Angeles, probably 1934
Date Created: [probably May 9, 1934]
Date: 1934-05-09
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Probably related to the article, "Walkathon Converted Into Series of 'Derbies.' All Out on Bail After Police Act Under Old Law," 10 May 1934: A2.
Photograph of a line of women, the last 2 have numbers on their backs (16 and 52), seen from the back, striding through a crowd of spectators towards a street with a patrol car parked on it. The women are probably dance marathon participants. Two houses are visible on the opposite side of the street.
The negative sleeve annotation relates this image to Jack Kearns, an American boxing manager. Kearns sponsored a controversial dance marathon (which he termed "walkathon" to get around ordinances) in Los Angeles in 1934. It was raided on May 9.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Kearns, Jack "Doc"

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10591
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hbkqv
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