Subject: People / Resource Type: still image / Names: Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Subject: Entertainment - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Hubert Castle (a.k.a. Hal Smith or Hal Silvers), wirewalker, prepares for his act at the Shrine Charity Circus. The circus is an annual 10-day event held at Shrine Auditorium, which features an indoor show by the Polack Bros. Circus. Orphaned and underprivileged children are allowed to visit the circus as their admission is paid by affluent members of the community. The circus also travels to the children's hospital to entertain the sick children who can't attend. Proceeds from the circus go to Shrine charitable activities.
Date:: between June 8 and June 18, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Frank Sinatra is at the left, and Joe Louis is on the right. The man in the center is unidentified. Likely at a June 2, 1947 benefit at the Shrine Auditorium for the Westview Hospital.
Date:: [June 2, 1947?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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