Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan pose together, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan pose together, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: September 3, 1935
Date: 1935-09-03
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Actresses and sisters Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan (known as the Heavenly Twins and the Duncan Sisters) pose together looking at what may be financial records of some sort.
In 1935 the sisters, who had gained success in film and theater starring as the characters Eva and Topsy (a role which Rosetta played in blackface) were attempting to make a comeback after various personal and financial troubles.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1964- Vivian Duncan - Eva (seated) + Rosetta Duncan - Topsy (holding paper.) "Heavenly Twins." 9-3-35. [Stamped:] 9-3-35
Handwritten on negative: L to R- Vivian Duncan, Rosetta Duncan 9-3-35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Duncan Sisters
Duncan, Rosetta, 1900-1959
Duncan, Vivian, 1902-1986
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_8298
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dg50r
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Rights Country: US
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