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Party given by Emily Brown Childress (later Portwig) at her home, Los Angeles (?), 1918

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Title: Party given by Emily Brown Childress (later Portwig) at her home, Los Angeles (?), 1918
Alternative Title: Party given by Emily Brown Childress (later Portwig) at her home
Contributor: Prominent Individuals and Families, 1885-1980
Date Created and/or Issued: 1918
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Eighteen women and two children at a party given by Emily Brown Childress (later Portwig; front row, 2nd adult from left) gathered for a group portrait in front of a house.
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_b11_f12_001a.tif
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Subject: African American pharmacists
African American civic leaders
Portwig, Emily Brown Childress, 1896-1960
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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