This photograph appears with the article, “He Knows How to Spell It: HARD WORDS MADE EASY Speller Says He Studied Em in Spare Time and Learns Meanings,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 1935: 9.
According to U.S. Census records, “Clyda E Willis” is the correct spelling of Mrs. Willis’s name, meaning that the LA Times spelling of “Claudia E. Willis” was a misprint.
Photograph of Virginia Smith (Mrs. Edward L. Smith) and Lawrence Earl Opsahl sitting in a fireplace and reading a book. They are modeling some of the latest winter fashions.