Bettina Gartzman dressed as a Russian kulak, Alhambra, 1936

Description: Bettina wears a dress that ends a few inches above her knees. The bottom half has stripes of varying sizes and colors, while the top consists of a laced bodice with puffed sleeves. She wears a crown that has lace, mock jewels, and ribbons.
The Spinsters' Gazette is recognized as the world's largest newspaper, and last evening held a Newspaper Headlines Ball at the Midwick Country Club, in which women dressed as personified newspaper stories and figures.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "New Characters Come to Life for Prominent Guests," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr 1936: C1.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Bettina Gartzman
Text from negative sleeve: 4905 - Bettina Gartzman spinsters society [stamped:] Apr 19 1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Gartzman, Bettina, b. 1916 or 1917?
Spinsters Club of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Midwick Country Club (Alhambra, Calif.)
Location: Alhambra (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.069247
Latitude: -118.144932
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Costumes--American
Ball dresses
Balls (Parties)--California--Alhambra

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14109
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7n22
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