Joan Gordon Family Films
Abstract
The Joan Gordon Family Films (approximately 1930-1939) consist of two color 16mm films from the 1930s which feature Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and his daughters in a swimming pool in Los Angeles, California and other locations in Southern California. Also included are two reproductions of black-and-white photographs featuring Esther, Milicent, and Barbara Siegel along with Joan Gordon, her sister and mother. Joan Gordon grew up in Los Angeles, California and her family was neighbors with Benjamin and Esther Siegel and their daughters Millicent and Barbara.