Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Members of the Women's Breakfast Bridge Club at the home of Exa Browning Link. They surround a cart that is topped with settings for tea, including a samovar, tea cups, and saucers. Exa Browning Link holds a tiered plate and Virginia Reid (Lynne Carver) and Edna Marie Lavin Cobb each hold a cracker (or whatever type of food is on the plates.) Virginia Reid (born Virginia Reid Sampson) was an actress who later went by the name Lynne Carver. Text from newspaper caption: Clubwomen in Greetings at New Home: Mrs. Frances [sic] Burton Cobb, Miss Virginia Reid, Mrs. Harold B. Link, Miss Joy Hodges and Mrs. Peverell Marley were hostesses at the new home of Mrs. Link in Beverly Hills. Friday, when members of the Women's Breakfast Bridge Club and their friends enjoyed a reception, program and tea [Los Angeles Times, 30 Sept. 1935: A5] Handwritten on negative: L2R Mrs. Frances [sic] Burton, Virginia Reid, Mrs. Harold B. Link, Joy Hodges, Mrs. Peverell Marley. 9-26-35 Text from negative sleeve: 2358- Mrs. Frances [sic] Burton Cobb, Virginia Reid, Mrs. Harold B. Link, Joy Hodges, Mrs. Peverell Marley. (Society) 9-26-35. [Stamped:] Oct 3...1935
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