Dorothy Woody, Lillian M. Le Valley, Geraldine Borch, and Isabelle Allen organizing an event for the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Dorothy Woody, Lillian M. Le Valley, Geraldine Borch, and Isabelle Allen organizing an event for the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

[circa December 1935]

Date

1935-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Dorothy Woody, Lillian M. Le Valley, Geraldine Borch, and Isabelle Allen organizing a charitable event for the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion. Three of the women sit at typewriters, which are placed on a dining room table. Behind them, a tapestry hangs on the wall. There are stacks of paper on the table, along with pens and ink.
This photograph appears with the article, "Legion Auxiliary Gathers Tomorrow," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1935: D6.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4374- Women's Auxiliary American Legion. Mmes. Dorothy Woody, Lillian M. Le Valley, Geraldine Borch, Isabelle Allen. [Stamped:] Jan 7 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Mmes. Dorothy Woody, president; Lillian M. Le Valley, chairman; Geraldine Borch, treasurer, and Isabelle Allen, secretary, of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary, are busily tabulating names and contributions for 600 needy veterans who will be remembered at Christmas time. Gifts will be distributed tomorrow from Patriotic Hall.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Allen, Isabelle
Le Valley, Lillian M.
Woody, Dorothy, 1905-1994
Borch, Geraldine Wamsley, 1902-1969
American Legion. Women's Auxiliary

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles
Typewriting--California--Los Angeles