Daughters of the British Empire members Mrs. B.W. Templeman, Cora Dow, Anna Poussette, Ethel Capstaff, Agnes Botterell, and Eva Sedding, Los Angeles County, 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. Daughters of the British Empire members Mrs. B.W. Templeman, Cora Dow, Anna Poussette, Ethel Capstaff, Agnes Botterell, and Eva Sedding standing in an awning-covered patio. In the background is a building with a Spanish tile roof and pillars. This photograph was probably taken during the sixteenth annual state convention of the Daughters of the British Empire, which took place on March 30-April 1, 1936 at the Women's Athletic Club. Attendees also visited the British Old People's Home in Sierra Madre. Text from negative sleeve: State Daughters of the Br[i]tish Empire, Mrs. William Dow, State president of Washington, B. W. Templeman, vice-president, San Francisco, W. C. Poussette, past national president, E. R. Capstaff, State treasurer, J. H. Botterell, new state president, Frederick Sedding, president of Old People's Home, 4726, [stamped:] Apr 12 1936.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13919 ark:/21198/zz002j7dhd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Congresses and conventions--California--Los Angeles Women--Societies and clubs Botterell, Agnes D., 1883-1964 Daughters of the British Empire in the United States of America Capstaff, Ethel R., 1887-1970 Poussette, Anna Louise, 1876-1964 Dow, Cora Bell Templeman, B. W., Mrs Sedding, Eva Hodder, 1887-1970
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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