Spinsters Arlis Cowan, Janet MacLeod, Daisy Parsons, Emelie Childs, Leslie Huntington, Alene Withers, Bettie Ebbert, Carolyn Babcock, Helene Lee, Francis Callahan, Barbara McCartney, Mary Rogers, Juliet Green, Louise Hunter, and Carol Stevens gather, Los Angeles, 1936
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Spinsters are to decide who their new members will be with thirteen spots to fill. Daisy Parsons was re-elected president, Janet MacLeod vice-president and secretary, and Emelie Childs as treasurer. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Daisy Parsons Re-elected as Group Leader," Los Angeles Times, 07 Mar 1936: A7. Five of the women sit in chairs with their legs crossed while the rest of the Spinsters stand behind them. Text from negative sleeve: Seated L t R- Arliss Cowan Janet MacLeod 4408 - Daisy Parsons Emelie Childs Leslie Huntington Back row - L t R - Allene Withers Bettie Ebbert Carolyn Babcock Helene Lee Francis Callahan Barbara McCartney Mary Rogers Burton Green Louise Hunter Carol Stevens Spinster Society 3-17-36 [stamped:] Mar 19 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13577 ark:/21198/zz002hnswc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Clubs--California--Los Angeles Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles Lawns--California--Los Angeles Fur garments Single women Withers, Alene, (Alene Harrold), 1907-1991 Laughlin, Daisy Parsons, 1910-1956 Ebbert, Bettie, b. 1911 Spinsters Club of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) McCartney, Barbara, (Barbara Murphy), 1909-1989 Rogers, Mary Amelia, 1913-1989 Callahan, Francis Lee, Helene, (Helene Baird), 1916-1988 Childs, Emelie MacLeod, Janet, b. 1907 Huntington, Leslie, (Leslie Bramhall), 1916-1954 Babcock, Carolyn Hunter, Louise, b. 1916 or 17 Stevens, Carol Green, Juliet, 1916-2004 Cowan, Arlis, b. 1915
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