Subject: Entertainment - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Two Estes children playing with exercise balls in a yard, [Van Nuys?], between 1928 and 1936

Description:: Two children of Dr. St. Louis Estes, in yard wearing bathing suits and holding beach balls over their heads
Date:: 1928 to 1936
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, 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

Two Estes children with boxing gloves in a yard, [Van Nuys?], between 1928 and 1936

Description:: Two children of Dr. St. Louis Estes, facing each other in yard, wearing bathing suits and boxing gloves
Date:: 1928 to 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Dutch Smith diving into pool, El Mirador Hotel, Palm Springs, [1935?]

Description:: Harold "Dutch" Smith in midair, back to camera, diving from high diving board into pool, with other swimmers in pool and spectators on pool deck, with lower diving board and 2 children in foreground, arcade surrounding pool, hotel tower and mountains in background
Date:: [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

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

Clown on stilts, advertising dance marathon, with child on beach, Santa Monica, 1928

Description:: Date from Los Angeles Times article, April 8, 1928: Car Again Chosen to Officially Lead Dancers: "The Essex has again been chosen as the official pace car for the Endurance Dance Marathon which ends at Ocean Park, after starting from Los Angeles on April 19"
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Clown on stilts, advertising dance marathon, with crowd and Essex car, Santa Monica, 1928

Description:: Clown on stilts, in checked outfit and whiteface, standing in front of Essex car with flag on hood advertising dance marathon, among crowd with buildings with shop awnings and hanging lights in background
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Group of musicians onstage, 1951

Description:: Six women in gowns and one man in tuxedo onstage with grand piano, most standing, one woman seated on piano bench, Betty Jo Lefebvre at right holding man's arm, with curtain in background
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Horse jumping at the Palm Springs Field club during the Desert Circus Rodeo, Palm Springs, 1938

Description:: Horse and rider jumping over a fence (next to a booth with 2 loudspeakers on the roof) at the Desert Circus Rodeo on the parade grounds at the Palm Springs Field Club
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Horse jumping at the Palm Springs Field club during the Desert Circus Rodeo, Palm Springs, 1938

Description:: Horse and rider jumping over a fence (next to a booth with 2 loudspeakers on the roof) at the Desert Circus Rodeo on the parade grounds at the Palm Springs Field Club
Date:: 1938
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

Audience watching outdoor theatrical performance, perhaps Shakespeare, [Santa Monica?], 1956-1957

Description:: Performance, perhaps Shakespeare, by men and woman in park-like setting, with temporary structure in background. Audience of spectators visible in foreground.
Date:: [circa 1956-1957]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Audience watching outdoor theatrical performance, perhaps Shakespeare, [Santa Monica?], 1956-1957

Description:: Performance, perhaps Shakespeare, by man and woman in park-like setting, with audience watching. Basketball hoop visible in background.
Date:: [circa 1956-1957]
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

Group on beach with kite, Santa Barbara, 1933

Description:: Two men preparing to fly large box kite, one in bathing suit and cap standing, one in light shirt and pants seated on box with reel, with about 7 boys, mostly in bathing suits, gathered watching, on beach, with dog at right, with crowd under covered boardwalk, palm trees, and mountains in background
Date:: 1933
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

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

"Traviata" curtain call with cast members and conductor Mario Lanza, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1949

Description:: Far right, conductor Francisco Camacho Vega; 2nd from left, bass Arnet Amos
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Two spectators at the Palm Springs Field Club during the Desert Circus Rodeo, Palm Springs, 1938

Description:: A woman and a man seated in numbered wooden folding seats and watching a rodeo event
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Clown on stilts, advertising dance marathon, facing two women, Santa Monica, 1928

Description:: Date from Los Angeles Times article, April 8, 1928: Car Again Chosen to Officially Lead Dancers: "The Essex has again been chosen as the official pace car for the Endurance Dance Marathon which ends at Ocean Park, after starting from Los Angeles on April 19"
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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

Description:: View of about 22 cast members onstage, in a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of "La Traviata." One man at center stage sings, with about 4 orchestra members partially visible in foreground, below straight edge of stage.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actor Reginald Denny awarding trophy, Lake Arrowhead Rodeo, Lake Arrowhead, 1929

Description:: Actor Reginald Denny, in rodeo clothing, presenting trophy to rodeo performer on horseback, with fence, trees, and audience in background
Date:: September 8, 1929
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 Bartlett Robinson, Charles Anderson, and Victoria Vola are featured in costume. 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

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

George and Gertrude Temple residence, Shirley Temple's bedroom, Santa Monica, 1934

Description:: Interior view of child's bedroom, with bed, stuffed animals, doll, chairs, dressing table, mirror, and upholstered stool. Teddy bear on chair on left of bed, doll on chair on right.
Date:: January 5, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Spectators watching motorboat racing, Lake Arrowhead, 1929

Description:: Crowd on dock and shore with tree in foreground, outboard motorboat in motion on lake, lakeshore with trees in background
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Young women on beach promoting radio station KMTR, Santa Monica, circa 1930

Description:: Eugene Inge reported as a member of the KMTR press relations department in " Juvenile Group Will Be On Air," Los Angeles Times 12 Sep. 1930: A8.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Clown on stilts dancing with tall puppet, advertising dance marathon, Santa Monica, 1928

Description:: Clown on stilts, in checked outfit and whiteface, dancing with tall woman puppet, feet attached to stilt feet, near crooked lampposts and building with wooden porch
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Children playing barber, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Description:: Probably photographed at Children’s Home Society, 919 E. 25th Street, Los Angeles, about 1935
Date:: [circa 1935]
1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Horseback riders and band at Desert Circus Rodeo on parade grounds at Palm Springs Field Club, Palm Springs, 1938

Description:: View from grandstand of uniformed band on fenced track, horseback riders on track and in infield area, with audience in foreground, mountains in background
Date:: March 17, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

"Traviata" production with Giovanni Zavatti, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1949

Description:: 2nd from left: bass Arnet Amos; near center stage: tenor Giovanni 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

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

Horse jumping at the Palm Springs Field club during the Desert Circus Rodeo, Palm Springs, 1938

Description:: Horse and rider jumping over a fence (next to a booth with 2 loudspeakers on the roof) at the Desert Circus Rodeo on the parade grounds at the Palm Springs Field Club
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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

Description:: Two opera singers, a man and woman, stand on stage in Renaissance style costumes. Behind them a stage set depicting a courtyard is 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

Description:: Two opera singers, a man and woman, stand on stage, in Renaissance style costumes, holding hands. Behind them a stage set depicting the interior of a room is 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

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

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

Equestrians at the Palm Springs Field Club during the Desert Circus Rodeo, Palm Springs, 1938

Description:: A long row of men on horseback face the Desert Circus Rodeo audience in the grandstands (not visible, on the left) with two riders placed in front of them. The riders wear hats and are dressed in formal riding attire, with the exception of the rider in the front who wears a shiny silk shirt and a cowboy hat.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Actor playing the role of Adolf Hitler at the Palm Springs Field Club during the Desert Circus Rodeo, Palm Springs, 1938

Description:: Actor playing the role of Adolf Hitler standing in front of three large loud speakers on a stand and next to the horse arena fence, and giving the Hitler salute at the Palm Springs Field Club during the Desert Circus Rodeo
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

"Beach Memories" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1949

Description:: Float depicting Ocean Park amusement rides, with about 10 riders, including about 8 children, visible, with crowd, trees, and houses in background. The float was entered by the city of Santa Monica.
Date:: January 1, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Performers in Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927-1950

Description:: Man in top hat, bow tie, checked pants, and blackface, person in tutu, with crowd in background
Date:: 1927-1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Rodeo performer and horse, Lake Arrowhead Rodeo, Lake Arrowhead, 1929

Description:: Rodeo performer posing with horse, holding reins, 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 riders performing, Lake Arrowhead Rodeo, Lake Arrowhead, 1929

Description:: 6 rodeo riders in motion, on grass field with spectators and trees in background
Date:: September 8, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Wagon with dancers, Santa Monica Pioneer Days parade, Santa Monica, 1930 or 1931

Description:: Wagon drawn by two horses, decorated with hay, with about 4 couples dancing, guitarist and other musicians playing, and 2 men driving, with sign reading Santa Monica Public School [Playgrounds?], with building decorated with bunting in background
Date:: 1930-31
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Decorated truck, Santa Monica Pioneer Days parade, Santa Monica, 1930 or 1931

Description:: Truck decorated with flowers and signs, with about 10 riders, 4 men in Indian regalia, 1 man and about 5 women in pioneer dress, with signs reading Womans Club and (partially visible) McGroarty, with spectators in background
Date:: 1930-1931
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

Women dancing, Harry Gorham residence, Santa Monica, 1928

Description:: A similar photograph appears in the Los Angeles Times photo spread "Breath of Old Spain," May 1, 1927, identifying the dancers as Mary Louise and Jacqueline Kopp.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Audience watching outdoor theatrical performance, perhaps Shakespeare, [Santa Monica?], 1956-1957

Description:: Performance, perhaps Shakespeare, by man in park-like setting, with temporary structure with costumes hanging from in forefront, with another man and woman in costume standing behind the structure. Basketball hoop visible in background.
Date:: [circa 1956-1957]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Audience watching outdoor theatrical performance, perhaps Shakespeare, [Santa Monica?], 1956-1957

Description:: Performance, perhaps Shakespeare, by man and women in park-like setting, with temporary structure with costumes hanging from it in forefront. Basketball hoop visible in background.
Date:: [circa 1956-1957]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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