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Title
Olympian splendor
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated November 13, 1957 reads "A setting inspired by beauty of ancient Greece will background Women's Architectural League's 'Bal Athenian' Nov. 23 in Oakmont Country Club. Mrs. Earl G. Brooks, foreground, prepares a floral arrangement in urn while Mmes. Whiting S. Thompson, Robert G. Johnson and Robert E. Griffiths, background from left, prepare to decorate columns. Mrs. Johnson is chairman of the ball." The country club is in Glendale.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 19 x 19 cm.
Identifier
00155330
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f21_i9
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128581
Subject
Women's Architectural League
Oakmont Country Club (Glendale, Calif.)
Women
Associations, institutions, etc
Country clubs
Floral arrangements
Urns
Columns
Glendale (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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