Image / Estelle Ochiltree seeks to assist women whose sons have died in war, …

Estelle Ochiltree seeks to assist women whose sons have died in war, Los Angeles, 1935

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Estelle Ochiltree seeks to assist women whose sons have died in war, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: June 14, 1935
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mrs. Ochiltree's organization, the American War Mothers, seeks to help destitute mothers who have lost their sons in war. She founded the organization in 1917, after losing one of her two sons in the Great War. The Depression has made it more difficult for the organization to reach its fund goals.
Photograph appears with the article, "Fund Sought For Mothers," Los Angeles Times, 14 June 1935: A12.
Text from negative sleeve: OCHILTREE, WILLIAM E. MRS. AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. William E. Ochiltree, who seeks endowment fund for War Mothers.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. William Ochiltree 6/13/36
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6869
ark:/21198/zz002cx5gd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: American War Mothers
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Portrait photographs
Ochiltree, Estelle Mae, 860-1950
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.