Five members of the Women's Auxiliary of the California Babies Hospital surround a dining room table, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Five members of the Women's Auxiliary of the California Babies Hospital surround a dining room table, 1936

Date Created

[circa February 1936]

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Five members of the Women's Auxiliary of the California Babies Hospital surround a dining room table. Four of the women stand and hold plates and saucers. One woman sits, pouring a drink from a samovar. On the table, there are plates, saucers, silverware, and a plate of food. A chandelier hangs overhead.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Activities at Babies' Hospital Hold Their Interest: Mmes. F. X. Wilhelm, James W. Young, Frank A. Williams, Miss Margaret Rowntree and Mrs. Raymond E. Ford of the Women's Committee of the California Babies' Hospital, met at the home of Mrs. Wilhelm to plan activities for the hospital. Sewing and making of layettes with other welfare work is a year-round activity of the women [Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 1936: A8]
Text from negative sleeve: 3931- Women's Committee California Babies Hospital. Mmes. Louis F.X. Wilhelm, James W. Young, Frank A. Williams, Miss Margaret Rowntree, Mrs. Raymond E. Ford. [Stamped:] Mar [12] 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles

Names

Rowntree, Margaret C., 1894-1961
Wilhelm, Gertine, 1894-1980
Ford, Daisie, b. 1893 or 94
Williams, Blanche Ford, 1891-1977
Young, Miriam D., 1901-1979

Location

California

Resource type

still image