Republican women of Southern California: Leone G. Plum, Mrs. L. H. Ayres, Alta Sanders, Dorothy M. Arnold, Louise Ward Watkins, Mrs. W. B. Reynolds, Helen Officer, Ethel M. Leavens and Mrs. Nil Coons, obtain voter registrations, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Republican women of Southern California: Leone G. Plum, Mrs. L. H. Ayres, Alta Sanders, Dorothy M. Arnold, Louise Ward Watkins, Mrs. W. B. Reynolds, Helen Officer, Ethel M. Leavens and Mrs. Nil Coons, obtain voter registrations, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

January 1936

Date

1936-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Some of the women at the head of the table stand and the remaining sit, looking towards the three women who are standing. A typewriter and stacks of pamphlets are placed on the table.
Joseph Scott spoke to the Southern California Republican Women's Club at the Hamilton Club, imploring support for the Republican vote. Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins presides the Women's Club and announced plans for a telephone committee of 5000 women for campaigns.
Photograph appears with the article, "Scott Warns of Crisis in Presidential Campaign," Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan 1936: A1.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: These Republican women of Southern California meet daily with Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins, president and founder standing next to the American flag,) to obtain 100 per cent registration of all G.O.P. women in Southern California. They are show tabulating the 3000 new members enrolled since last October. Left to right, Mrs. Leone G. Plum, Mrs. L. H. Ayres, Miss Alta Sanders, Mrs. Dorothy M. Arnold, Mrs. Watkins, Mrs. W. B. Reynolds, Miss Helen Officer, Mrs. Ethel M. Leavens and Mrs. Nil Coons.
Text from negative sleeve: 3370 - Republican Women of Southern California Mmes. Leone G. Plum Mrs. L. H. Ayres Miss Alta Sanders Mrs. Dorothy M. Arnold Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins Mrs. W. B. Reynolds Miss Helen Officer Mmes. Ethel M. Leavens Nil Coons [stamped:] Jan 29 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Reynolds, W.B., (Mrs.)
Ayres, L.H., (Mrs.)
Republicanism
Leavens, Ethel M., 1883-1975
Watkins, Louise Ward, 1890-1974
Coons, Nil
Officer, Helen
Sanders, Alta, 1891-1987
Arnold, Dorothy M.
Plum, Leone G., 1875-1972

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles
Tables
Meetings--California--Los Angeles
Flags--American