Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Chlorine, one of the oldest women at W.C.T.U., spends her days reminiscing and reading her Bible. Photograph appears with the article, "Retired Women Find Peace In Eagle Rock W.C.T.U. Home," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan 1939: A3. Chlorine sits in a rocking chair holding an unbitten piece of fruit before her. Handwritten on negative: Mrs Chlorine Wylie 12-27-38 Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Chlorine Wylie, 95, at W.C.T.U. home. Text from negative sleeve: 15244 - Lois Hoyt 94 Esther Hoyt 91 Margaret Miller 96 Mrs Emma Eaton 90 Mrs Sarah J Barber 91 Mrs Anna Bevans 90 Mrs Wm Roberts 91 y Mrs Chlorine Wylie 95 WTCU oldsters 12-29-38 TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11984 ark:/21198/zz002h8vd5
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No linguistic content
Subject
Retirement communities--California--Eagle Rock Older people--California--Eagle Rock Wylie, Chlorine, 1843-1939
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