Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of prominent socialite and philanthropist, Florence M. Irish, more popularly known as Mrs. Leiland Atherton Irish. Mrs. Irish has a long list of achievements, which include being named Times Woman of the Year in 1957 and receiving a National Brotherhood Award in 1963. She served on the executive board of the Women's Committee for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and was the executive director of the Southern California Symphony Association. She was also President of the Women's division, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and member of the executive committee. In the picture, she is posing as sitting behind a desk, pencil in hand, looking over a seating chart of a theatre [possibly the L.A. Philharmonic Auditorium]. Text on negative sleeve: Irish, Leiland Atherton, Mrs.- Society Patroness- Chairman of Woman's Philharmonic Orch. Club.- Other orgs. Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Leiland Atherton Irish
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9771 ark:/21198/zz002dhws7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Socialites--California--Los Angeles Philanthropists--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Philharmonic Association Irish, Florence M., 1889-1971
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