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Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951

Description:
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, stands on the right holding a dummy, while two child actresses pose in doll like stances. A boy playing a pipe organ stands to the left. Another boy holding an accordion stands onthe far left, only partially visible. Also seen are various pieces of furniture and dolls.
Date:
September 20, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951

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

"Traviata" production, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1949

Description:
View of about 25 cast members onstage, in costume, with about 4 orchestra members partially visible in foreground, below straight edge of stage. Ernest Mireles is in the center, and to the right of him are Kay Marshall and Arnet Amos. Giovanni Zavatti is seated at a table on the right and Ray Gagan (possibly) faces Zavatti.
Date:
1949
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Traviata" production, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1949

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

Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951

Description:
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, stands to the left on stage, holding a dummy, while three child actresses pose in doll like stances. A boy holding an accordion stands on th far left, only partially visible. Also seen onstage are various pieces of furniture and dolls and another ventriloquist dummy. An audience can be seen in the foreground.
Date:
September 20, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951

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
Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

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

Child ballerina and accordian player perform with ventriloquist Lucille King, 1951

Description:
On a stage, in the foreground, are a child ballerina and accordion player. To the far right sits an ventriloquist Lucille S. King, on a couch with her dummy, and an actor, dressed as a clown, sits on the floor. Even father to the left, offstage, stand several women.
Date:
September 20, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Child ballerina and accordian player perform with ventriloquist Lucille King, 1951

"Rigoletto" production, Barnum Hall (probably), Santa Monica, 1956

Description:
Two opera singers, a man and woman, can be seen on stage in Renaissance style costumes. The man sits to the left and the woman stands to the right. Behind them a stage set depicting the dark interior of a room with a lit, suspended chandelier is faintly seen. The location may be Barnum Hall.
Date:
1956
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Rigoletto" production, Barnum Hall (probably), Santa Monica, 1956

"Rigoletto" cast members Enrico Porta with 4 others, Santa Monica, 1956

Description:
Enrico Porta (center) with 4 other opera singers, in costume, posing for a picture. The two on the left are dressed as Romanis (Gypsies), the two on the right appear to be dressed as pirates and the actor in the middle is in Renaissance style costume. The female actress dressed as a pirate is holding a large bouquet of roses.
Date:
1956
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Rigoletto" cast members Enrico Porta with 4 others, Santa Monica, 1956

Handwritten notes regarding dance, orchestra, and people in costume, 1934

Description:
Side 1 text reads: Mr. Griney [?] Will you please arrange to have the city's photographer at Dance next Sat. eve about 8:00 as we want photo of Orchestra to run in papers next week. Thank you! Mildred Beattie, phone 22235. National Real Estate Jul Aug 1934. Side 2 text reads: Mrs J Edgar Brown, Gay Nineties, in gate, also well. Mrs Cornett, Early Spanish bride, By well. Mrs. Agnes Blackburn, Italian Peasant, By well. Mrs. Hugh Jones, Chair, Gypsy with bands. Mrs. Tracy Heinell [?], Puritan, by self. Mrs LeRoy Raymond, Pioneer, Teacup park [?]. Mrs Dan Daniels Holoku Costume, Honolulu (Chair Daniels)
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Handwritten notes regarding dance, orchestra, and people in costume, 1934

"Rigoletto" production with Enrico Porta and others Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, 1956

Description:
Opera singers of the Santa Monica Civic Opera on stage. One actor and actress stand to the left of the stage, before a backdrop reminiscent of a house. The actor is dressed in Renaissance style garb, and the actress is dressed as a Romani (Gypsy). To the right on stage, are Enrico Porta and a female character in cloaks and Renaissance style clothing, standing before a backdrop painted to look like an exterior view. Part of a piano is also visible in the foreground offstage.
Date:
1956
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Rigoletto" production with Enrico Porta and others Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, 1956

"Rigoletto" production, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, 1956

Description:
A group of opera singers stand on stage in Renaissance style costumes. One actor in the middle has his mouth open, as if singing. A stage set depicting the interior of a room with a suspended chandelier is also seen. In the foreground are members of the orchestra, and their instruments. The location is Barnum Hall.
Date:
1956
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Rigoletto" production, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, 1956

"Rigoletto" production with Enrico Porta and others, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, 1956

Description:
A group of actors stand on stage in Renaissance style costumes. One actor and actress stand to the far left, while the majority of the company stands to the right. A stage set depicting the interior of a room is also seen. In the foreground are members of the orchestra, and their instruments. The location is Barnum Hall Theatre.
Date:
1956
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Rigoletto" production with Enrico Porta and others, Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, 1956