Subject: Entertainment / Collection: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950 / Subject: Entertainment and Culture - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Young people playing music, Pacific Palisades, 1928

Description:: Young man standing playing saxophone, young woman standing playing tambourine, young man seated on branch fence playing banjo, all smiling, with trees in background
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Women in Spanish-style dress, 2 dancing, Harry Gorham residence, Santa Monica, 1928

Description:: 5 women, 3 standing in Spanish-style dresses, 2 dancing (1 in Spanish-style dress, 1 in Spanish-style pants, shirt, and sombrero), outdoors, at Harry Gorham residence, 316 Adelaide Drive, Santa Monica
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: Three-layer wedding cake float on a gondola-like boat and topped with boy and girl, Harold Van Horn and Ardath Aline Elsasser, dressed as a bride and groom beneath an archway. Inscribed in flowers on the side of the boat: Davis.... The float was entered by the Davis Perfection Bakery.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: Three-layer wedding cake float on a gondola-like boat with boy gondolier and girl riding in the boat and topped with boy and girl, Harold Van Horn and Ardath Aline Elsasser, dressed as a bride and groom beneath an archway. Inscribed in flowers on the side of the boat: Davis.... The float was entered by the Davis Perfection Bakery.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Victoria Vola as Mary Magdalene in a Sunday Players radio production, circa 1935

Description:: The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Rodeo rider performing, Lake Arrowhead Rodeo, Lake Arrowhead, 1929

Description:: Rodeo rider riding around obstacle, with another performer on horseback and riderless horse behind, on dusty field with spectators, fence, and trees in background
Date:: September 8, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Rodeo performer doing rope trick, Lake Arrowhead Rodeo, Lake Arrowhead, 1929

Description:: Rodeo performer, probably Tex Young, doing rope trick, back to camera, rope in ring in midair, feet off the ground, with spectators, fence, and trees in background
Date:: September 8, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Portrait of actors performing Shakespeare outdoors, [Santa Monica?],1956-1957

Description:: Group of actors, perhaps performing Shakespeare, standing for a portrait outdoors, with part of a stage set visible behind them.
Date:: [circa 1956-1957]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Parade float pulled by horses at La Fiesta de Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Parade float with cornucopia, woman in boat, and replica of Los Angeles City Hall, pulled by team of 4 horses, accompanied by man in Spanish-style clothing, with trees and Los Angeles Coliseum in background
Date:: September 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Musicians in ethnic dress, Grover Studio of Music, Santa Monica, 1934

Description:: Group of 16 people, 2 men, most women and girls, most in headscarves, decorated vests, and sashes, possibly Russian, Eastern European, or Turkish ethnic dress. 1 man seated at cimbalom at center, most standing; 3 women holding violins; curtains and pine branches in background.
Date:: February 17, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Montage photograph of Russ Carruthers Orchestra and billboard announcing community dance, Santa Monica, 1934

Description:: Russ Carruthers Orchestra posing, 8 men in tuxedos, 1 woman in gown with microphone, possibly 2 separate photographs, combined with 3rd photograph of billboard announcing community dance
Date:: July 7, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Miniature replica of temples in Nikko, Japan, in Bernheimer Gardens, Pacific Palisades, 1927-1940

Description:: Miniature replica of temples in Nikko, Japan, on small island in lake in Oriental garden, with miniature Pagoda of Nara and hillside in background
Date:: 1927-1940
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Marching band in crowded stadium, [Pasadena?], [1920s?]

Description:: Marching band in center of field in crowded stadium, with goal post, folding chairs, tower with speakers, and photographers on field, with banner reading PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TOMORROW AFT AT 2 at field edge, photographed from stands
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

"Mandalay" float representing the love boat in the play "East is West" in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: "Mandalay" float representing the love boat in the play "East is West." One participant is wearing a traditional Chada hat and costume while others don tunics and round hats. The float was entered by the city of Whittier.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

"La Paloma" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: "La Paloma" float with white doves suspended over a garden inhabited by 6 persons in Spanish attire, including a man in a hat playing lute near center, and singers Jose Arias, Thea La Forte, Sybil Tyler and Ella Archer. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Group portrait of the Sunday Players radio actors dressed as biblical characters, circa 1935

Description:: Group portrait of the entire cast of the Sunday Players actors, dressed as biblical characters in outdoor setting with trees as a backdrop. This image appears in a brochure with a 1935 copyright date
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Group in Greek ethnic dress posing with billboard advertising Golden Rule Week at Golden Rule Foundation Pageant, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Four young women in Greek ethnic dress, holding Greek and American flags, with other people in ethnic costume nearby, posing in front of billboard, partially visible, advertising Golden Rule Week, Golden Rule Foundation
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Four men in barbershop quartet dress, [Santa Monica?], 1951

Description:: Four men, standing in a row close together, in costumes including striped jackets, bow ties, bamboo canes, top hat, straw hat, striped pants, boutonnière, and false mustaches
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Four men in barbershop quartet dress in spotlight singing, [Santa Monica?], 1951

Description:: Four men singing, standing in a row close together, in costumes including striped jackets, bow ties, bamboo canes, top hat, straw hat, striped pants, boutonnière, and false mustaches, in spotlight with painted backdrop and curtain in background
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Float titled "Liberty and Freedom Forever," Elks' parade, Santa Monica, 1939 or 1952

Description:: Young woman dressed as Statue of Liberty, on pedestal on wheeled float, with American flag sign reading "Liberty and Freedom Forever," with gas station in background
Date:: 1939 or 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Fire engines, Santa Monica Pioneer Days parade, Santa Monica, 1930 or 1931

Description:: Three fire vehicles, 1 horse-drawn, with firefighters driving, 1 firefighter walking alongside, with covered wagon partially visible behind and spectators in background
Date:: 1930-1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Eugene R. Plummer, with guitar, and Lola Montesa, dancing, West Hollywood, 1931

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the Los Angeles Times article Hollywood Pioneers Gather, Early Day Music Featured at Reunion, August 2, 1931; dancer is identified as Verne Montesa
Date:: August 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Decorated car and wagon with dancers, Santa Monica Pioneer Days parade, Santa Monica, 1930 or 1931

Description:: Decorated open car with man driving, 3 or 4 women riding, sign reading Vanity Fair Studios and Dance, with horse-drawn wagon with dancers behind and spectators on sidewalk in background
Date:: 1930-1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Dancers in Spanish-style clothing at the Eugene Plummer residence, West Hollywood, 1931

Description:: Eugene R. Plummer and his family once owned sections of Los Angeles including the Hancock Park area, mid-Wilshire, Hollywood Hills, and West Hollywood. The site of his home was purchased by the County of Los Angeles in 1937 and is known as Plummer Park, West Hollywood.
Date:: August 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Czechoslovakia float at the starting point of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: A Tournament of the Roses parade float with a European theme (probably the entry from Czechoslovakia). The participant furthest to the left is wearing a traditional Eastern-European dress, while the three participants to the right of the float are wearing gowns. The float is decorated with palms and other various foliage, and a two-dimensional sun is suspended within an arch flanked by monumental vases of flowers. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Crowd at La Fiesta de Los Angeles, Los Angeles Coliseum, September 1931

Description:: Interior of one end of Los Angeles Coliseum, with canopy over stage area with men and women in 18th-century costume seated and on horseback, with large crowd in foreground and background
Date:: September 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Color guard in Rose Parade, Pasadena, [1927-1939?]

Description:: About 25 uniformed soldiers and sailors with flags, marching in Tournament of Roses parade, with crowd and trees in background
Date:: [1927-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Color guard in Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: About 16 uniformed men with flags, marching in Tournament of Roses parade, with crowd and motorcycle police officer in background
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Color guard in parade, Santa Barbara, 1933

Description:: Color guard in jackets, ties, striped trousers, and military hats, carrying American and British flags, with crowd on sidewalk and two-story building reading Hitchcock Building in background
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Clown on stilts among crowd of dancing couples, advertising dance marathon, Santa Monica, 1928

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Evening Herald photo spread, April 18, 1928, On With the Dance, Terpsichorean Marathon, Culver City to Ocean Park (image uclamss_1300_2065i)
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Billboard announcing Santa Monica Community Dance, Santa Monica, 1934

Description:: Billboard mounted on low decorated frame, with latticework on bottom, lights on top, label reading Foster and Kleiser, with sidewalk in foreground, building in background. Billboard reads: "Santa Monica Community Dance, Russ Carruthers Orchestra, Supervision: Music Arts Association and Recreation Commission, Woman's Clubhouse, 4th and Wilshire, 25 cents includes everything, Informal, Everyone Welcome, Every Saturday Night"
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Barbara Lee Tramutto in Hawaiian-style costume, Santa Monica, 1951

Description:: Barbara Lee Tramutto dancing in long grass-style skirt, bandeau, with headdress, necklace, and wristbands of flowers, barefoot, one leg exposed, one arm raised, indoors with wall in background, with 2 leis on floor, 1 on wall
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program, circa 1935

Description:: Page from a booklet advertisement for the Sunday Players radio program. Actors Victoria Vola and John Prince are featured in costume as Mary Magdalene and Moses, respectively. The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actresses from the Sunday Players radio show performing a scene from the New Testament, circa 1935

Description:: The Sunday Players originated in Colorado Springs before their program garnered national attention and received a three-year contract from Merten's and Price, Inc., of Los Angeles.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actors from the Sunday Players radio show performing a scene from the New Testament, circa 1935

Description:: Actors portraying a scene from the New Testament for the Sunday Players radio show.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actors from the Sunday Players radio show performing a scene from the New Testament, circa 1935

Description:: A very similar image appears in a brochure with a 1935 copyright date
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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