Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Daisy plays the harp while Shirley and Fanchon hold hands, posing in matching white dresses. Katherine sits on the other side of them at a spinning wheel. Photograph appears with the headline, "They Portray Colonial Dames For International Women's Club," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep 1935: B10. Text from newspaper caption: Misses Daisy Carr, program chairman: Shirley Bernice Smith, president; Fanchon Brown, chairman of ways and means, and Katherine Coffin, recording secretary, of the California Music Club Juniors, were living models in the "Colonial Dames" fantasy which was presented in a large frame at the opening luncheon of the International Women's Club at the Biltmore, Thursday. The club will feature Americanism during the new season. Handwritten on negative: L2R Daisy Carr x Shirley B Smith x Fanchon Brown x Katherine Coffin 9/11/35 Text from negative sleeve: 2081 - Daisy Carr Shirley B Smith Fanchon Brown Katherine Coffin Soc. 9-11-35 [stamped:] {illegible}
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