Wilma Gartzman dressed in a Tahitian ensemble, Alhambra, 1936

Description: Similar photograph appears with the article, "New Characters Come to Life for Prominent Guests," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr 1936: C1.
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.
Wilma wears an ankle-length floral skirt with sandals and a matching bikini top. White flowers are attached in her hair, worn around her wrist and as a lei around her neck.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4905 - Wilma Gartzman Spinsters Society [stamped:] Apr 19 1936
Handwritten on negative: Wilma Gartzman

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Spinsters Club of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Midwick Country Club (Alhambra, Calif.)
Gartzman, Wilma, b. 1912 or 13
Location: Alhambra (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.069247
Latitude: -118.144932
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Ball dresses
Balls (Parties)--California--Alhambra
Leis
Costumes--American

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14110
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7n3k
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