Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "They'll Direct British Home Benefit." Los Angeles Times 20 Sept. 1935. View of Mrs. John Paton, standing left, next to U.S. flag and behind table, in dress and holding strip of lace, Ethel Capstaff, seated middle, behind table, in dress and holding strip of lace, Mrs. Frederick Sedding, standing right, behind table. These women were in charge of arranging the National Society of Daughters of the British Empire's benefit at the Ebell Club to support the British Old Peoples' Home in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Text from negative sleeve: 2085, Mrs John Paton, Mrs E.R. Capstaff, Mrs Frederick Seddings, Soc, 9-10-35, [stamped:] Sep 18 1935 Handwritten on negative: L-R, Mrs John Paton, Mrs E.R. Capstaff, Mrs Frederick Seddings, 9-10-35 Text from newspaper caption: Mmes. John Paton, assistant hostess; E.R. Capstaff, regent of Florence Nightingale Chapter, and Frederick Sedding, president of the British Old Folks Home in Sierra Madre Mountains, will assist at the gala bazaar, luncheon and tea at Ebell Club today. More than 500 guests from all parts of the State will attend the party in the banquet hall and gardens of the clubhouse which will be under auspices of the Daughters of the British Empire.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8550 ark:/21198/zz002dgfpz
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No linguistic content
Subject
Events People Fund raising--California--Los Angeles Charitable organizations--California--Los Angeles Culture Paton, John, Mrs National Society Daughters of the British Empire in the United States of America Sedding, Frederick, Mrs Capstaff, Ethel R., 1887-1970
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