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Katherine Freer, Lilia Bishop, Oretta Davis, Mable Clapsadle, Mertie Wilmer, and Virginia Reid honor Misses Davis and Clapsadle, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Katherine Freer, Lilia Bishop, Oretta Davis, Mable Clapsadle, Mertie Wilmer, and Virginia Reid honor Misses Davis and Clapsadle, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 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.
Photograph appears with the headline, "Banquet Honors Presidents," Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep 1935: 26.
Oretta and Mabel hold a tiny gavel. Katherine, Lilia, Mertie, and Virginia stand on either side of them in front of a table covered in a white cloth with various plats of food and drinks.
Text from newspaper caption: Misses Oretta Davis, newly elected president, and Mabel Clapsaddle, retiring president of the Hollywood Business Women's Club, were the "stars" at the installation banquet at the Hollywood Athletic Club when scores of attractive young business women attended.
Handwritten on negative: 9/12/35 L2R Katherine Freer x Lilia Bishop x Oretta Davis x Mable Clapsaddle x Mertie Wilmer x Virginia Reid
Text from negative sleeve: 2063 - Oretta Davis Mabel Clapsaddle Katherine Freer Lilia Bishop Mertie Wilmer Virginia Reid Hollywood Bus Women Club 9-12-35 [stamped:] Sep 18 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8482
ark:/21198/zz002dgcbt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Banquets--California--Los Angeles
Gavels
Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles
Clapsadle, Mable, 1895-1972
Reid, Virginia
Freer, Katherine
Davis, Oretta, b. 1912
Bishop, Lilia
Wilmer, Mertie
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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