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Mrs. Sylva K. Neff, wife of J. E. Neff, chairman of the rules committee of the Women's Western Golf Association, 1934

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Title: Mrs. Sylva K. Neff, wife of J. E. Neff, chairman of the rules committee of the Women's Western Golf Association, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa October 29, 1934]
1934-10-29
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.
Sylva K. Neff stands facing the camera, smiling. She wears a dark beret with a bow, and a heathered sweater set with four big buttons. A medal is pinned to her chest.
Mrs. Joseph E. Neff (aka Sylva Kreider Neff) resigned as chairman of the rules committee in September 1941.
A cropped version of this image appears with the article, "She's Boss!: BOUQUETS EARNED BY MRS. NEFF Rules Committee Official Proves Valuable as Code Interpreter," Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 1934: 12
Text from newspaper caption: Over her golf flock, at least, Mrs. J. E. Neff, chairman of the rules committee of the Women's Western Golf Association, rules with a firm but gracious hand. She's held the job six years. [Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 1934: 12]
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. J. E. Neff
Text on medal: Mrs. J. E. Neff; Rules; W. W. G. A. Executive Committee
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14904
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Language: English
Subject: Golfers--United States
Neff, Sylva K. (Sylva Kreider), 1880-1955
Women's Western Golf Association
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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