Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Multiple fundraisers were held by the Los Angeles chapter of the Red Cross to raise funds for floods in the Midwest and East in the spring of 1936. Possibly related to "Calaveras Frogs to Jump for Red Cross," Los Angeles Times, 02 Apr 1936: A6 or "Projects to Assist Fund," Los Angeles Times, 07 Apr 1936: 2. D. C. MacWatters was the head of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Red Cross. Esther Packard Chadbourn was a national field worker for the American Red Cross in Southern California. O. O. Marshburn was the Whittier chapter chairman American Red Cross. Left to right, O. O. Marshburn, Esther Chadbourn, D. C. MacWatters. Marshburn and Chadbourn sit behind a desk. MacWatters stands, leaning into the picture, left hand on the desk. Chadbourn has a pen in her right hand and papers in left. A poster or booklet lies under her arm reading "Disaster relief." A framed picture on the back wall reads partially "Junior deeds of service in __." A light fixture is mounted on the back wall. Text from negative sleeve: 4590. O. O. Marshburn. Mrs. Esther Chadbourn. D. C. Mac Watters. (Red Cross Aid--Flood) 3/24/36. [stamped:] Apr 1[day illegible] 1936 Handwritten on negative: D. C. Mac Watters. Mrs. Esther Chadbourn. O. O. Marshburn.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13779 ark:/21198/zz002j77pk
Language
English
Subject
Floods Fund raising--California--Los Angeles Charitable organizations--California--Los Angeles Desks MacWatters, David C., 1869-1946 Chadbourn, Esther, (Esther Packard), 1889-1966 Marshburn, O. O. (Oscar Obed), 1896-1994 American Red Cross
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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