LEADING FIGURES AT TONIGHT'S JAMBOREE FOR PROMINENT WOMEN BY NEWSPAPERWOMEN. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 9. THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB HAD ITS ANNUAL STUNT PARTY AND DINNER FOR THE WIVES OF PROMINENT NATIONAL FIGURES AND FOR WOMEN PROMINENT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. THE AFFAIR IS FEATURED BY A SKIT WHICH POKES FUN AT THE DOINGS OF WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SPOTLIGHT HERE, AND THIS TIME LAYS PARTICULAR EMPHASIS UPON THE FUTURE FIRST LADY. L TO R: ROSA PONSELLE, WHO SANG FOR THE GROUP; MRS. THOMAS E. DEWEY; MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; RUBY BLACK, PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB; AND GRACIE ALLEN WHO IS, SHE SAYS OVER THE AIR, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
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A group of women standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch eight.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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