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Rho Psi Phi Medical Sorority members in front of their sorority house, Los Angeles, circa 1924

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Title: Rho Psi Phi Medical Sorority members in front of their sorority house, Los Angeles, circa 1924
Alternative Title: Rho Psi Phi Medical Sorority, Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1924]
1924
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: The Rho Psi Phi Medical Sorority was established by Emily Brown Portwig in 1924.
Group portrait of the members of the Rho Psi Phi Medical Sorority in front of their sorority house (1259 West 36th Place) with a banner showing the sorority name and a skull and crossbones.
Emily Brown Childress Portwig was a Los Angeles pharmacist and civic leader. She married Anderson V. Childress in 1909. She was widowed by 1930. She was married to James Rufus Portwig in 1933.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b25_f03_001a.tif
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Subject: African American Greek letter societies
Portwig, Emily Brown Childress, 1896-1960
Rho Psi Phi Medical Sorority
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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