Party-goers on a slide at Venice Beach fun house, Venice (Los Angeles), 1936

Item Overview

Title

Party-goers on a slide at Venice Beach fun house, Venice (Los Angeles), 1936

Date Created

February, 1936

Date

1936-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Three smiling people using burlap bags to go down a large slide. The person in front looks blurry from going down the slide so fast. They appear to be attending Ann McNaghten and Hal Booth's engagement party at the Venice Beach fun house.
Possibly related to the article "BEWILDERING MACHINERY OF MIRTH MIXES NEW AND JOLLY COMPLEXITIES," Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1936: D3.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: When Bob English and Jack Hyland invited a large party of friends to the Venice Fun House these honored guests were among the most blithe merrymakers: Hal Booth, Malcolm McNaghten, Mrs. McNaghten and Ann McNaghten. [Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1936: D3]
Text from negative sleeve: 3693 -- [stamped date illegible] / Ann McNaghten / Mrs. Malcolm McNaghten (Ma) / Mr. '' '' (Pa) / Hal Booth (fiance) / (Willis Harold Booth) / Feb 1936 / Party for to-be's at fun house

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social life and customs

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Socialites--California--Los Angeles
Parties--California--Los Angeles