Dorothy Woody, Lillian M. Le Valley, Geraldine Borch, and Isabelle Allen organizing an event for the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion, Los Angeles, 1935
US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Dorothy Woody, Lillian M. Le Valley, Geraldine Borch, and Isabelle Allen organizing a charitable event for the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion. Three of the women sit at typewriters, which are placed on a dining room table. Behind them, a tapestry hangs on the wall. There are stacks of paper on the table, along with pens and ink. This photograph appears with the article, "Legion Auxiliary Gathers Tomorrow," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1935: D6. Text from negative sleeve: 4374- Women's Auxiliary American Legion. Mmes. Dorothy Woody, Lillian M. Le Valley, Geraldine Borch, Isabelle Allen. [Stamped:] Jan 7 1936 Text from newspaper caption: Mmes. Dorothy Woody, president; Lillian M. Le Valley, chairman; Geraldine Borch, treasurer, and Isabelle Allen, secretary, of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary, are busily tabulating names and contributions for 600 needy veterans who will be remembered at Christmas time. Gifts will be distributed tomorrow from Patriotic Hall.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13541 ark:/21198/zz002hnrmr
Subject
Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles Typewriting--California--Los Angeles Allen, Isabelle Le Valley, Lillian M Woody, Dorothy, 1905-1994 Borch, Geraldine Wamsley, 1902-1969 American Legion. Women's Auxiliary
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