Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The four of them stand together in front of what looks like a large curtain. Photograph appears with the article, "B'nai B'rith in Session," Los Angeles Times, 01 July 1935: A3. 300 delegates and visitors from eight Western States and British Columbia came together for the 72nd annual convention of the Grand Lodge, District No. 4, B'nai B'rith. Handwritten on negative: L2R P. Allen Rickles of Seattle x David Blumberg x Mrs Amelia Ravinsky Mrs. Bessie J. Schwab 6-30-35 Text from negative sleeve: 1004 - (L2R.). P. Allen Rickles David Blumberg Mrs Amelia Ravinsky Mrs Bessie J. Schwab "B'nai Brith" 6-30-35 [stamped:] Jul 10 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Retiring and incoming leaders of the men's and women's grand lodges, B'nai B'rith, shared administrative honors at sessions yesterday at the Biltmore. Left to right, P. Allen Rickles of Seattle, incoming president; David Blumberg of Los Angeles, retiring president; Mrs. Amelia Ravinsky of San Francisco, retiring women's president, and Mrs. Bessie J. Schwab, incoming women's president.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7320 ark:/21198/zz002df081
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Clubs--California--Los Angeles Judaism--California--Los Angeles Meetings--California--Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schwab, Bessie J Rickles, P. Allen (Pincus Allen), 1895- B'nai B'rith Ravinsky, Amelia, 1881-1957 Blumberg, David
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