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Mrs. George J. Hill, Sr., Mrs. George J. Hill, Jr. and Mrs. Frederick F. Payne enjoy a luncheon at the Desert Inn, Palm Springs, 1935

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Title: Mrs. George J. Hill, Sr., Mrs. George J. Hill, Jr. and Mrs. Frederick F. Payne enjoy a luncheon at the Desert Inn, Palm Springs, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa December 30, 1935]
1935-12-30
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
From left to right, Lucy Hill, Elizabeth Hill and Mrs. Frederick Payne sit around a table on the patio of the Desert Inn in Palm Springs. The Boston women sit at center and enjoy a luncheon. At center, Elizabeth Hill sits at the far end of the table and looks to the camera. On the near side of the table, at left, Lucy Hill sits and turns her head towards camera. Mrs. Frederick F. Payne sits on the right side of the table and looks towards the left. The Desert Inn's grounds sprawl across the background.
This photograph appears with the title, "PROMINENT EASTERNERS AT DESERT SUN-SPA," Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1936: A9
Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 4238-- [stamped:] DEC 31 1935 [end stamped] Mrs. George J. Hill, Sr. Mrs. " " ", Jr., Mrs. Frederick F. Payne } Boston at Palm Springs Pls print for Society + file neg [written along left margin:] Printed 12/30/35 Larry Rich
Text from newspaper caption: Members of the rapidly-growing eastern colony in Palm Springs are Mrs George Jackson Hill, Sr., Mrs. George Jackson Hill, Jr., and Mrs. Frederick Fahnley Payne, all of Boston. They enjoyed luncheon in the sunny Desert Inn patio. [Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1936: A9]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13284
ark:/21198/zz002hnfrg
Subject: Eating & drinking--California--Palm Springs
Upper class--California--Palm Springs
Luncheons--California--Palm Springs
Hill, Elizabeth Cary Heath, b. 1909
Hill, Lucy Freeman Winslow, 1878-1947
Payne, Frederick Fahnley, Mrs
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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