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Autographed publicity portrait of Ruth Etting

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Title	Autographed publicity portrait of Ruth Etting
Creator	Maurice, Hollywood
Description	Head shot of singer and actress Ruth Etting, known as "America's sweetheart of song". Gelatin silver print, monochromatic. Inscribed on the photograph: "To my dear Bessie Frankel, with my deep admiration and devotion, Lovingly, Ruth".
Date	circa 1930
Subject	Concerts--California--Los Angeles Photographs--Portraits Signatures (Writing) Publicity photographs Musicians Musicians--Autographs Singers--United States Women singers Vocalists Actresses Hollywood (California) Motion picture industry
Subject - Name	Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978
Publisher - Original	Maurice, Hollywood
Publisher - Digital	Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Notes	Etting, known for her recordings of "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Shine on Harvest Moon", worked in radio, stage and film. In Hollywood, she made a series of movie shorts and feature films between 1929 and 1936.
Language	eng
Source	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 10, Folder 22
Format - Original	Sepia photograph; 8 x 10 inches
Collection	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll2
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison.
Type	Image Text
Format - Digital	image/jp2
Object File Name	bbf00646.tif