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15-year-old opera singer Lura Sears, Alhambra, 1940

Description:: Opera singer Lura Sears sits with her legs crossed while wearing a skirt. 15-year-old Sears was chosen as the lead role in the four-act opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" that was presented by the San Gabriel Valley Opera Company in Alhambra.
Date:: February 17, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Swim suit models in their dressing room before a fashion show featuring local designers, Los Angeles, September 1946

Description:: Two models put on geometric-patterned swim suits for a fashion show by local designers. The fashion event lasted for a week and featured designs by Mary Ann De Weese, Margit Fellegi, and Lynn Lester
Date:: September 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Radio singer Virginia Verrill awaiting violinist David Rubinoff in a lobby, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Radio singer Virginia Verrill waiting to greet famed violinist David Rubinoff in a lobby. A new racing broadcast series was underway, and the line-up included these two stars as well as symphonies and shows from other entertainers such as Bing Crosby.
Date:: [circa April 15, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Member of the stage crew manages the lighting in Shrine Auditorium on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:: A member of the stage crew manages the stage lighting in Shrine Auditorium on opening night of the opera. The show was a San Francisco Opera Association production of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) and starred Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:: November 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Labor Day Parade, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Labor Day Parade members of the Screen Actors Guild, Veterans Division marching down street
Date:: September 7, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Socialites attend benefit performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Socialites mingle at a performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, put on by the Metropolitan Civic Opera House. This particular performance benefitted the P.-T.A. milk fund.
Date:: [circa May 12, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a performance of Tristan and Isolde on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:: Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the Opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:: November 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd outside Shrine Auditorium on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Description:: Crowd lined up outside Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the Opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:: November 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

UCLA student actors in costume for a play, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: UCLA student actors posing in costume for a theatrical production.
Date:: [1936?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Dress illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Dress illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News. The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the Illustrated Daily News by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd watching a float pass by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Crowds of citizens observing as a float passes by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Grecian-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: A Grecian-themed float including columns and costumed participants created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Moon festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description:: Chinese American children carry lanterns in a Moon Festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
Date:: 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Club Alabam chorus line, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Caleb Peterson in Los Angeles to perform Othello, 1946

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1946?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Soprano Hortense Love at a recital, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Club Alabam chorus line, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Publicity photo for The Bye Sisters, New York, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American singer Madeline Green (headshot), taken in Chicago, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Seymour, Maurice, 1904-
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mosetti Trio (Avanelle Harris, Myrtle Fortune, and Lucy Battle), Los Angeles, 1950

Description:: Avanelle Harris is pictured with Fortune and Battle. This is likely a photo of the Mosetti Trio dancing act.
Date:: [1950?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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15-year-old opera singer Lura Sears, Alhambra, 1940

Swim suit models in their dressing room before a fashion show featuring local designers, Los Angeles, September 1946

Radio singer Virginia Verrill awaiting violinist David Rubinoff in a lobby, Los Angeles, 1937

Member of the stage crew manages the lighting in Shrine Auditorium on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Labor Day Parade, Los Angeles, 1937

Socialites attend benefit performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Crowd waiting to enter Shrine Auditorium for a performance of Tristan and Isolde on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

Crowd outside Shrine Auditorium on opening night of the opera, Los Angeles, November 15, 1937

UCLA student actors in costume for a play, Los Angeles, 1936

Dress illustrations done for the Illustrated Daily News, Los Angeles, 1930s

Crowd watching a float pass by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Grecian-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

Moon festival lantern parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Club Alabam chorus line, Los Angeles, 1940s

Caleb Peterson in Los Angeles to perform Othello, 1946

Soprano Hortense Love at a recital, Los Angeles, 1940s

Club Alabam chorus line, Los Angeles, 1940s

Publicity photo for The Bye Sisters, New York, 1940s

African American singer Madeline Green (headshot), taken in Chicago, 1940s

Mosetti Trio (Avanelle Harris, Myrtle Fortune, and Lucy Battle), Los Angeles, 1950

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