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Three male ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of 3 male ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in a carpeted area with a curtain backdrop. Two of the dancers, wearing tights, shirts and vests, cross swords and the 3rd dancer, wearing tights and a dark, fitted top, stands behind them looking out towards the camera.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Three male ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Six ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of 3 pairs of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school, with the men supporting the women in en pointe poses. Two of the women wear Romantic tutus and the third wears a pancake tutu and all have flowers in their hair. The 2 visible men wear tights and formal tops. They are on a carpeted floor with curtains in the background and with a column with gilded leavers in the right foreground.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Six ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Seven ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of seven ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school, 3 men and 4 women, posing in costume. The women wear Romantic tutus and flowers in their hair. The men wear tights and formal tops. Two women are seated in the floor between 2 kneeling men. Behind them a kneeling woman poses with one raised arm and a couple pose behind her with raised arms as well. They are on a carpeted floor with a curtain backdrop
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Seven ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Seven ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of seven ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school, 3 men and 4 women, posing in costume. The women wear Romantic tutus and flowers in their hair. The men wear tights and formal tops. Two women are seated in the floor between 2 kneeling men. Behind them are a trio of 2 women and one man posing with held hands. They are on a carpeted floor with a curtain backdrop.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Seven ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a male ballet student, wearing silk pants and a patterned silk shirt with a ruffle at the neck and matching cap, supporting a female ballet student wearing a pancake tutu and pointe shoes. They stand on a carpeted floor with a curtain and potted plant in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a male ballet student, wearing silk pants and a patterned silk shirt with a ruffle at the neck and matching cap, supporting a female ballet student wearing a pancake tutu and pointe shoes. They stand on a carpeted floor with a curtain in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a male ballet student, wearing tights and a patterned shirt and vest, supporting a female ballet student wearing a Romantic tutu and pointe shoes. They stand next to a column decorated with gilded leaves, on a carpeted floor with curtains in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a female ballet student wearing a dress with an apron, cape and holding a basket, frightened by a male ballet student wearing a wolf costume. An image of a wolf is behind the girl. They stand on a carpeted floor with a curtain in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a male ballet student, wearing tights and a silk shirt and vest, posed behind a female ballet student wearing a Romantic tutu, floral wreath and pointe shoes. They stand on a carpeted floor with curtains in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a female ballet student wearing a dress with an apron, cape and cap, pulling the tail of a male ballet student, holding a basket and wearing a wolf costume. They stand on a carpeted floor with a curtain and plant in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a male ballet student, wearing tights and a patterned shirt and vest, standing behind a female ballet student wearing a Romantic tutu and pointe shoes and holding a flower. They stand next to a column decorated with gilded leaves, on a carpeted floor with curtains in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Pair of male and female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Page with collection of newspaper clippings about Santa Monica Civic Music Guild performances, circa 1956

Description:
Page with collection of newspaper clippings about Santa Monica Civic Music Guild performances. Performers pictured mentioned in the articles include Alicia Mowat (Maraccini) (ballet student), Doris Rizzo (lyric soprano) and Julia Stuart. . The newspaper, not identified, is possibly a Santa Monica publication.
Date:
[circa 1956]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Page with collection of newspaper clippings about Santa Monica Civic Music Guild performances, circa 1956

Open-Air theatrical ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Description:
View from audience seats of a performance during Santa Monica's annual cultural event, "Symphonies by the Sea" at the Open-Air Memorial Theater on the Santa Monica High School campus. Symphonies by the Sea was a free-admission annual symphonic and operatic season which started at Santa Monica High School, then moved on to Santa Monica City College.
Date:
[between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Open-Air theatrical ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Open-Air ballet performnce during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Description:
View from audience seats of a performance during Santa Monica's annual cultural event, "Symphonies by the Sea" at the Open-Air Memorial Theater on the Santa Monica High School campus. Symphonies by the Sea was a free-admission annual symphonic and operatic season which started at Santa Monica High School, then moved on to Santa Monica City College.
Date:
[between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Open-Air ballet performnce during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Open-air ballet performance, Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1965

Description:
View from audience seats of a ballet performance at the Open-Air Memorial Theater on the Santa Monica High School campus. The production is probably part of Symphonies by the Sea, an annual series of symphonic, operatic and dance performances held at Santa Monica High School (later moved to Santa Monica College).
Date:
[between 1939 and 1965]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Open-air ballet performance, Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1965

Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Description:
View from audience seats of a performance during Santa Monica's annual cultural event, "Symphonies by the Sea" at the Open-Air Memorial Theater on the Santa Monica High School campus. Symphonies by the Sea was a free-admission annual symphonic and operatic season which started at Santa Monica High School, then moved on to Santa Monica City College.
Date:
[between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Description:
View from audience seats of a performance during Santa Monica's annual cultural event, "Symphonies by the Sea" at the Open-Air Memorial Theater on the Santa Monica High School campus. Symphonies by the Sea was a free-admission annual symphonic and operatic season which started at Santa Monica High School, then moved on to Santa Monica City College.
Date:
[between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Description:
View from audience seats of a performance during Santa Monica's annual cultural event, "Symphonies by the Sea" at the Open-Air Memorial Theater on the Santa Monica High School campus. Symphonies by the Sea was a free-admission annual symphonic and operatic season which started at Santa Monica High School, then moved on to Santa Monica City College.
Date:
[between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Description:
View from audience seats of a performance during Santa Monica's annual cultural event, "Symphonies by the Sea" at the Open-Air Memorial Theater on the Santa Monica High School campus. Symphonies by the Sea was a free-admission annual symphonic and operatic season which started at Santa Monica High School, then moved on to Santa Monica City College.
Date:
[between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

Description:
View from audience seats of a performance during Santa Monica's annual cultural event, "Symphonies by the Sea" at the Open-Air Memorial Theater on the Santa Monica High School campus. Symphonies by the Sea was a free-admission annual symphonic and operatic season which started at Santa Monica High School, then moved on to Santa Monica City College.
Date:
[between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Open-Air ballet performance during Symphonies by the Sea at the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre, Santa Monica, 1939-1945

One male and two female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a male ballet student, wearing silk pants and a patterned silk shirt with a ruffle at the neck and matching cap, standing behind a female ballet student wearing a pancake tutu and pointe shoes, petting the head of a kneeling dancer costumed as a cat. They stand on a carpeted floor with a curtain in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
One male and two female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

One male and two female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Description:
Photograph of a male ballet student, wearing silk pants and a patterned silk shirt with a ruffle at the neck and matching cap, supporting a female ballet student wearing a pancake tutu and pointe shoes, with her feet resting on the shoulders of a female dancer costumed as a cat. They stand on a carpeted floor with a curtain in the background.
Date:
[circa 1951]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
One male and two female ballet students of the Elena Vartova dance school posing in costume, (Santa Monica?), circa 1951

Leonora Preston with arms in fourth position, Santa Monica, 1951

Description:
Photograph of Leonora Preston, wearing a classical tutu, pointe shoes, and head piece, pictured with arms in fourth position, feet en pointe. Resting against the wall on the right side is a framed photograph of three young girls wearing dance costumes and point shoes. Preston is posing in a corner of a room at Adelbert Bartlett’s home (535 15th St.).
Date:
October 4, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Leonora Preston with arms in fourth position, Santa Monica, 1951

Leonora Preston transitioning into fourth position, Santa Monica, 1951

Description:
Photograph of Leonora Preston, wearing a pancake tutu, pointe shoes, and head piece, pictured with arms transitioning into fourth position, feet en pointe. She is posing outside of a residence, presumably in Santa Monica. A portion of the home’s Spanish-style façade and tall flowering plants can be viewed behind the short stucco wall with wooden door.
Date:
October 4, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Leonora Preston transitioning into fourth position, Santa Monica, 1951

Leonora Preston posing in Southeast Asian attire, Santa Monica, 1951

Description:
Photograph of Leonora Preston posing in Southeast Asian attire, wearing a gold head piece, sequined bodice and flowing skirt with gold hip scarf, gold trim and appliques. She wears zills (finger cymbals) on both hands. She poses inside of a door in Adelbert Bartlett’s home (535 15th St.).
Date:
October 4, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Leonora Preston posing in Southeast Asian attire, Santa Monica, 1951

Leonora Preston in ballet pose, Santa Monica, 1951

Description:
Photograph of Leonora Preston, wearing a pancake tutu, pointe shoes, and head piece, positioned on a bench in a pose typically seen in a pas de deux (duet). She poses with wrists crossed in front of her chest; back slightly arched, one leg straight with pointed foot, one leg bent with arch resting along knee. Photographed at the home of Adelbert Bartlett (535 15th St.).
Date:
October 4, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Leonora Preston in ballet pose, Santa Monica, 1951

Leonora Preston in arabesque position, Santa Monica, 1951

Description:
Photograph of Leonora Preston, wearing a pancake tutu, pointe shoes, and head piece, pictured in second arabesque position alongside a wall. She is posing outside of a residence, presumably in Santa Monica. A portion of the home’s Spanish-style façade and tall flowering plants can be viewed behind the short stucco wall with wooden door.
Date:
October 4, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Leonora Preston in arabesque position, Santa Monica, 1951

Karinova Ballet students posing on stage, Santa Monica, 1960

Description:
Photograph of five Karinova Ballet students wearing pancake tutus, pointe shoes, and tiaras. The dancer at center holds a bouquet of roses. They are standing on a stage in front of a mural depicting a pastoral scene. Location is unidentified but was likely photographed in Santa Monica.
Date:
[February 4, 1960 or May 7, 1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Karinova Ballet students posing on stage, Santa Monica, 1960