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Title
Members of the Needlework Guild with their sewing work, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
[August 1935]
1935-08
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.
This photograph appears with the article, "Their Industry is Devoted to Needlework Guild: Needlework Unit Prepares Early for Work in Fall," Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 1935: B2.
Wilma Lawrence (née Gartzmann) was nicknamed Bunny.
Text from negative sleeve: 1722. Needlework Guild. Mmes. Charles Seaver, Eve, Everet [sic] Seaver, Clarence Crabbe, George Gregson, Miss Binny [sic] Gartzmann, Ben Griffith, John Thornton. Clubs. [Stamped:] Aug 22 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Mmes. Charles Seaver, Everett Seaver, Clarence Crabbe, George Gregson, Miss Wilma Gartzmann, Mrs. John Thornton and Mrs. Ben Griffith gathered last week at the home of Mrs. Stephen Griffith on North June street to sew for the Needlework Guild. The young women have organized a new junior group and will meet regularly until the annual ingathering in November. Most of the garments they are making are of fine hand needlework.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10092
ark:/21198/zz002ddvf7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles
Charitable organizations--California--Los Angeles
Needlework--California--Los Angeles
Needlework Guild of America
Griffith, Katherine Jane Seaver 1913-1970
Crabbe, Adah Virginia Held, 1912-2004
Seaver, Betty Lee Cline, 1913-1986
Seaver, Gertrude Lilian Sharp, 1888-1964
Lawrence, Wilma Edith Gartzmann, 1912-1963
Thornton, John, Mrs
Gregson, Patricia Cluff Janss, 1912-1939
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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