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Eleanor Magnussen and Mary Ellen Watts play a puzzle game at the Mothers' Educational Center, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Eleanor Magnussen and Mary Ellen Watts play a puzzle game at the Mothers' Educational Center, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 9, 1936
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
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.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "School for Mothers Enrolls Fathers, Too," Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr 1936: A1.
The Center was founded twenty-one years ago by Dr. Maud Wilde, and offers a complete course in mothering featuring child-study, nutrition, and character-building, amongst many others. for children ages 3 weeks to 6 years.
Eleanor and Mary Ellen play a game that involves matching blocks to their correct shapes on a wooden board.
Text from negative sleeve: 4626 - Mary Ellen Watts Eleanor Magnussen Mothers' Ed. Center 3/26/36 [stamped:] Apr 9- 1936
Handwritten on negative: 128 128 Mary Ellen Watts- Eleanor Magnussen
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13832
ark:/21198/zz002j79hz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Puzzles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Medical examinations--California--Los Angeles
Watts, Mary Ellen, b. 1934 or 35
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Magnussen, Eleanor
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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