Martha U. Tidd and Emily Wooley, social workers employed by the Works Progress Administration, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Martha U. Tidd and Emily Wooley, social workers employed by the Works Progress Administration, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

July 30, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, “Aid Work Leader Named: RELIEF UNIT POST FILLED Mrs. M. U. Tidd of Compton Named Social Service Division Head,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jul. 1935: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1256—Mrs. Martha U Tidd, Miss Emily Wooley S.E.R.G. 7-29-35 [Stamped:] AUG 1 1935
Handwritten on negative: LTR Mrs. Martha U. Tidd, Miss Emily Wooley 7-29-35
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Martha U. Tidd, Left, new head of the Los Angeles County Relief Administration’s social service division, shown with Miss Emily Wooley, her predecessor in the office, who is in charge of the same work at State headquarters.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Women--California--Los Angeles
Civil service--California--Los Angeles
Public service employment--California--Los Angeles

Names

Tidd, Martha U., 1897-1973
Wooley, Emily, b. 1888-1967
United States. Work Projects Administration (Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image