Stella S. Codd, Hermine Rubel, Carolyn M. Sichel, and Elaine H. Englehart, members of the Council of Jewish Women loading a truck for the Council Thrift Shop, 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
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Possibly related to "Bring Your Old Clothes," Los Angeles Times, 01 Sep 1936: A8. Mrs. Ben N. Codd was formerly Stella Scharff. They divorced in 1969. Three women (left to right: Stella S. Codd, Carolyn M. Sichel, Hermine Rubel) load a small pickup truck for a thrift shop, handing packages wrapped in string to a fourth woman (Elaine H. Englehart) in the bed of the truck. On the ground is a box of bottles and coat hangers, a pile of newspapers, and a lamp on its side. Rubel stands on a wooden folding chair to hand her package to Englehart. These four women were members of the Council of Jewish Women, Los Angeles Section. Elaine Englehart was the chairman of the Council Thrift Shop, Carolyn Sichel was the co-chairman, Hermine Rubel was the chairman of the ways and mean committee, and Stella Codd was the publicity chairman. Text from negative sleeve: 6410- [stamp] AUG 25, 1936. Thrift Shop- L to R- Mrs. Ben N. Codd. Mrs. Jeffrey Englehart. Mrs. Harry Rubel. Mrs. Morris Sichel (in front). Womens Club. Text on side of truck: THR[IF]T [SH]OPS [obscured] AVE. [obscured] 9969 Text on box in truck: [BUL]LOCK'S [W]ILSHIRE Text on coat hangers: GOLDEN [obscured], West 10th St., Los Angeles, Calif. Text on boxes on ground: KEENO DOG & CAT FOOD 48 No. 1 CANS FRAGILE HANDLE WITH CARE THE MAY COMPANY KEENO PA[obscured] [COMPANY] SOUTH [obscured] CALIF.; Libby's 100 FAMOUS FOODS Fruits & Vegetables Libby, McNeill Libby, USA JARS
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14437 ark:/21198/zz002j81cg
Language
English
Subject
Thrift shops--California--Los Angeles Trucks--American--California--Los Angeles Jewish women--California--Los Angeles County Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles Jewish women--Societies and clubs Charitable organizations--California--Los Angeles Women--Clothing & dress--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940 Boxes Council of Jewish Women (U.S.). Los Angeles Section Englehart, Elaine H. (Elaine Hutchins), 1905-1990 Rubel, Hermine (Hermine Alexandra Baum), 1896-1977 Codd, Stella S., 1907-2002 Sichel, Carolyn M. (Carolyn Meyberg), 1903-1994
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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