Bernice Young is to portray Ramona, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Bernice Young is to portray Ramona, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February-March 1936

Date

1936-02-03

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the headline, "Early California Lives Anew," Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb 1936: A7.
The photograph is of a picture of Bernice, twisting her body so that her skirts fly out around her, with her hands on her hips. A small piece of paper has been clipped to the bottom of the picture with her name written on it.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: When Los Fiesteros present their leap year costume ball next Saturday evening at the Royal Palms Hotel, Miss Bernice Young will portray a character famous in early California history-Ramona. A "King of the Fiesta" will be chosen at the party from the bachelor group.
Handwritten on negative: BERNICE YOUNG
Text from negative sleeve: 3847 - BERNICE YOUNG as Ramona in Los Fiesteros costume ball @ Royal Palms Hotel [stamped:] Mar 6 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Young, Bernice

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Masquerades--California--Los Angeles