Ebell Club members Pearl Porter, Almeda Finley and Aimee Laugharn, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Ebell Club members Pearl Porter, Almeda Finley and Aimee Laugharn, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

January 29, 1936

Date

1936-01-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The Ebell Club is an active force to be reckoned with amongst the community, run by treasurer of the club Mrs. Leroy Carlisle Williams, Mrs. Charles R. Smurr, chairman, Mrs. Benjamin F. Bledsoe, second vice-president and president Mrs. Charles D. Hill.
Photograph appears with the article, "Budget Balancing Viewed as "Thrill of Achievement," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan 1936: A6.
Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Laugharn and Mrs. Finley are smiling and surrounded by boxes of baked goods.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3378 - Ebell Club Lives and Tije Ebell Club Bridge Salon Mmes. Lee Porter Hubert Laugharn Greg Finley [stamped:] Jan 29 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Mmes. Lee Porter, Hubert Laugharn and Greg Finley were assistant hostesses at the Ebell Club bridge salon when Mrs. Harold Link was hostess. More than 300 women attended the affair. Proceeds apply toward general expenses of the club and are one of the most popular social diversions of the organization.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Porter, Pearl, 1912-2010
Ebell Club of Los Angeles
Finley, Almeda, b. 1894
Laugharn, Aimee, 1898-1994

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.061667

Latitude

-118.324167

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles
Confections--California--Los Angeles
Hostesses--California--Los Angeles
Baking--California--Los Angeles