Young women sunbathing with paper silhouettes applied to skin, Venice, 1930

Item Overview

Title

Young women sunbathing with paper silhouettes applied to skin, Venice, 1930

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1930

Date

1930

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

9 young women in bathing suits, including June Diebold and Thelma Peairs, lying in row in sand, with paper silhouettes of men and animals applied to arms and thighs to create suntan outlines, with ocean and buildings in background

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: 2510 P1
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 9/82 Girl at Venice Beach - 1930

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Peairs, Thelma
Diebold, June B., b. 1912

Location

California--Los Angeles--Venice

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Silhouettes--California--Venice
Beaches--California--Venice
Environment
Culture
Sunbathing--California--Venice