Spinsters Patricia Mines, Janet MacLeod, Daisy Parsons, and Emelie Childs at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Spinsters Patricia Mines, Janet MacLeod, Daisy Parsons, and Emelie Childs at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

March 10, 1936

Date

1936-03-10

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The Spinsters have taken it upon themselves to elect thirteen new members to their club. Miss Parsons was re-elected president, Miss MacLeod was chosen as vice-president and secretary and Miss Childs was given the position of treasurer.
Photograph appears with the article, "Daisy Parsons Re-elected as Group Leader," Los Angeles Times, 07 Mar 1936: A7.
The four women sit in chairs around a small circular table, looking over information in a series of binders.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Miss Patricia Mines, Janet MacLeod, Daisy Parsons and Emelie Childs led the small group of Spinsters at the first meeting of the year yesterday at the Ambassador. Next Friday they will vote on thirteen news members and plan the annual hi-jinks on April 18. Miss Parsons was re-elected president.
Text from negative sleeve: 3883 - LtR- Patricia Mines Janet MacLeod Daisy Parsons Emelie Childs Society Spinsters 3-6-36 [stamped:] Mar 10 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Laughlin, Daisy Parsons, 1910-1956
Spinsters Club of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Ambassador Hotel
Childs, Emelie
Mines, Patricia, b. 1912 or 13
MacLeod, Janet, b. 1907

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.06025

Latitude

-118.297005

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles
Single women