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Title
Group at political event
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Stewart, Lucille
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1940
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Helen Gahagan was a successful Broadway performer who, in 1931, married actor Melvyn Douglas. Elected in 1944, Gahagan Douglas was the third woman elected to Congress from California. She served California's 14th congressional district as a liberal Democrat from 1945-1951.
Two young girls pull names out of a cauldron at an unidentified political event attended by future congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas. In the background is a patriotic quilt.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00088871
Lucille Stewart Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_b13_f3_i47_N
CARL0004964931
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123591
Subject
Political parades & rallies--California--Los Angeles

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