Date(s) of Creation
1928 - 1931Title
Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: October 21st 1928 Times Union photos and articles on Ella G. (Mrs. John T. Jr.) Alsop and Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' involvement with the Garden Club of Jacksonville (president and first vice president, respectively), Ella G. Alsop hosts a luncheon for the governing board of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts addresses Garden Club of Tallahassee, 1929 chairman of the Garden Club Flower Show Nannie (Mrs. George M.) Powell entertains the board and advisory committee, Ninah May Holden (Mrs. Arthur Gerrish) Cummer hosts a meeting with the state executive board of the Florida Federation of Garden ClubsCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Nannie Powell, Garden Club Flower Show, Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, Ella G. Alsop, Ninah May Holden CummerNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: Garden Club plans, Garden Club board hosts men's advisory board at the Hotel George Washington, Sarah Allison (Mrs. Jay Harvey) Durkee hosts an event honoring Ella G. (Mrs. John T. Jr.) Alsop's presidency of the governing board of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, a 1929 clipping on addresses to the Garden Club (given by Dr. Charles Torrey Simpson, Dr. Wilson Popeno among others), other items: a copy of The Southern Club Woman Vol. 4 No. 2 from November 1928, and an invitation to an October 24th 1928 opening reception of the Woman's Club fall and winter seasonCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Garden Club, Hotel George Washington, Sarah Allison Durkee, Ella G. Alsop, Charles Torrey Simpson, The Southern Club WomanNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
an October 1928 Vol.4 No. 1 edition of The Southern Club Woman, a card for an April 12th 1928 Spanish Tea given by the Woman's Club of Jacksonville and Mr. and Mrs. (Jessie Ball) Alfred I. duPont at their Epping Forest residence, newspaper clippings: on the fall and winter club season opening reception, a photo of the club finance chairman Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts, a list of the 1928-1929 Woman's Club of Jacksonville Executive BoardCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, The Southern Club Woman, Alfred I. duPont, Jessie Ball duPont, Epping Forest, Bertha Johnson RobertsNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on the fall and winter season opening reception at the clubhouse, Laura M. (Mrs. Marcus C.) Fagg to guide club activities after being reelected president of the Woman's Club, Clara Cook (Mrs. Waldo E.) Cummer entertains the board and directors of the club, the club's annual luncheonCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Laura M. Fagg, Clara Cook CummerNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on the Woman's Club building at the Florida State Fair, a Wisteria Fete event given by the social club at the Orange Park homes of Mrs. John A. Ferguson and Elinor (Mrs. Caleb E.) Johnson, Carlos Salzedo's harp ensemble concert at the clubhouse auditoriumCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Florida State Fair, Elinor Johnson, Carlos SalzedoNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: May 22nd and 23rd 1929 clippings with a photograph of the annual Woman's Club luncheon under the direction of social vice president Clara Cook (Mrs. Waldo E.) Cummer, additional clippings detailing aspects of the luncheon and various club department roles, including a clip on the chairman of the artist concert committee and luncheon honoree Bertha (Mrs. Raymond C.) TurckCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Clara Cook Cummer, Bertha TurckNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
an invitation to a December 26th event put on by the Woman's Club executive board and Barbara Cummer in honor of the Little Women, newspaper clippings: on a music department luncheon, a club luncheon honoring health lecturer Clara Z. Moore-Ferrell, newspaper clippings and program for a February 21st 1928 concert at the Temple Theatre given by the music department of the Woman's Club featuring Metropolitan Opera Company soprano Elisabeth Rethberg, newspaper clipping on tenor Signor Gabriele Angelo's performance at a music department luncheon, a photo depicting the raising of the flag at the Woman's ClubCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Barbara Cummer, Little Women, Clara Z. Moore-Ferrell, Temple Theatre, New York Metropolitan Opera, Elisabeth RethbergNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on violinist Albert Spalding's performance at a Woman's Club recital, a discussion of future plans at a club meeting, a presentation directed by Martha E. Race at a past presidents day celebration, a music department luncheon on the topic of a municipal music program, a spread on recipies given by members of the Woman's Club featuring a photograph of club president Laura M. (Mrs. Marcus C.) Fagg holding canned goodsCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Albert Spalding, Laura M. FaggNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on a Woman's Club meeting with a production on the club's early years complete with costume, a board and chairman luncheon at the club, a photo and clip on a club Flag Day ceremony, Elinor (Mrs. Caleb E.) Johnson hosts a musicale featuring Metropolitan Opera Company tenor Rafaelo Diaz, details on a tour of mission fields by members of the Christian Endeavors Society of the First Presbyterian Church, Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts hosts a luncheon, Mai U. (Mrs. Thomas W.) Dunk hosts a bridge partyCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Elinor Johnson, New York Metropolitan Opera, Rafaelo Diaz, First Presbyterian Church, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Mai U. DunkNotes
Date: 1928-1931
Public AccessTitle
Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on a doll show held at Riverside Park in August 1928 with club women as judges, a June 23rd 1928 clipping on a bridge party hosted by Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts, a photograph of men golfing with "Robert Rogers and Lester, 18 Green" written at the top, a yellow ribbon and invitation to the April 5th 1929 annual Ye Mystic Revellers coronation ball, a clipping on Monticello Drug Company president Dr. T. S. Roberts' election as chairman of the executive committee of the People's Bank of JacksonvilleCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Ye Mystic Revellers, T. S. Roberts, Monticello Drug Company, The People's Bank of JacksonvilleNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a program, namecard for Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts and ribbons from the March 20th-21st 1929 annual convention of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, a newspaper clipping on the event with a photograph of delegates of the State Garden Club convention, a photograph of "leaders in horticultural work" at the state convention including Ninah May Holden (Mrs. Arthur G.) Cummer, a 1928-1929 Ingleside Circle of the Garden Club of Jacksonville yearbook, a list of officers, directors (Bertha Johnson Roberts was director of the northern district) and the president (Ninah May Holden Cummer) of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, a June-July 1929 Vol. 4 No. 9-10 edition of The Southern Club Woman, stationery from the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville with officer namesCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Garden Club, Ninah May Holden Cummer, The Southern Club WomanNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a June 1929 clipping from The Southeastern Digest noting Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' succession to Ella G. (Mrs. John T.) Alsop as president of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, newspaper clippings: an August 30th 1929 clipping on activities of the 1929-1930 club season, the opening of the 1929-1930 Garden Club season, May 1st 1929 Times Union clippings on the Garden Club's activities with photos of newly elected president Bertha Johnson Roberts and first vice president Nannie (Mrs. George M.) PowellCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Ella G. Alsop, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Nannie PowellNotes
Date: 1928-1931
Public AccessTitle
Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: a June 3rd 1929 clipping of photographs of "Past and Present Garden Club Presidents" Ella G. (Mrs. John T.) Alsop and Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts, a July 26th 1929 clipping on the organization of a North Shore Garden Circle by Margaret Rankin (Mrs. William B.) Young (chairman of membership for the Federated Circles of the Garden Club), the election of Eugenia W. (Mrs. Henry C.) Ploof as president of the Old Fashioned Garden Circle, various Garden Circle meetings and events, July 28th 1929 photos of Bertha Johnson Roberts in her gardenCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Ella G. Alsop, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Margaret Rankin Young, Eugenia W. PloofNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: June 11th 1930 clippings with a photograph on a garden party held at Nannie (Mrs. George M.) Powell's home as the last meeting of the season for the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, June 2nd 1929 Times Union portraits of four incoming officers of the Garden Club of JacksonvilleCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Nannie Powell, Garden Club of JacksonvilleNotes
Date: 1928-1931
Public AccessTitle
Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: two Times Union portraits of incoming officers of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, upcoming activities for the Garden Club, Sarah Allsion (Mrs. Jay Harvey) Durkee writes of the history and growth of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, October 1929 clipping on Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts and Nannie (Mrs. George M.) Powell's upcoming appearance at a program for the Home Demonstration Agents of Florida in Gainesville, a 1930 clipping on the annual convention of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, a radio schedule featuring a five minute Jacksonville Garden Club Talk with Bertha Johnson Roberts and Mayor John T. Alsop, a meeting of the Garden Circles of Jacksonville at the Woman's Club on the topic of Flowers of the SeaCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jacksonville History, John T. Alsop Jr., Home Demonstration Agents of Florida, Sarah Allison Durkee, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Nannie PowellNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
A program for the annual conference of the Home Demonstration Division of the Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service at the University of Florida from September 30th to October 4th 1929 with a Delegate ribbon for the March 27th to 28th 1930 Annual Convention of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs in Tampa, January 1930 newspaper clippings on an Arbor Day meeting of the Kiwanis Club and their approval of Gilchrist B. Stockton's appointment as ambassador to Austria, a namecard for Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts for the Kiwanis luncheon on January 15th1930, a January 18th 1930 postcard from A.C. Porter to Bertha Johnson Roberts on her WJAX Arbor Day radio address, a January 17th 1930 telegram from Mr. and Mrs. Don Register to Bertha Johnson Roberts on her radio speech, a January 18th 1930 letter from Mrs. Willard in Fairfield Illinois to Bertha Johnson Roberts on her talk on the radio, a January 18th 1930 letter from E.A. Martin in Fairfield Illinois to Bertha Johnson Roberts' mother with another letter for Bertha Johnson Roberts on her radio program, a January 17th 1930 telegram from Harry Lee Baker to Bertha Johnson Roberts on her radio broadcastCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, WJAX, Gilchrist B. Stockton, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Harry Lee Baker, Kiwanis Club, University of FloridaNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' WJAX Arbor Day radio address, landscape design professor Alan B. Burritt to address the Garden Club at the University of Florida, Arbor Day program chairman for the Federated Circles of the Garden Club Maie Dell (Mrs. Henry L.) Covington announces Arbor Day celebration, a March 18th 1930 clipping on women from the Ingleside Circle of the Garden Club hosting a meeting, a March 20th 1930 clipping on Ninah May Holden (Mrs. Arthur G.) Cummer opening her gardens to members of the garden club, the garden club to decorate bridge entrance (includes a photo), a meeting of the board and men's advisory committee of the garden clubCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Alan B. Burritt, WJAX, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Maie Dell Covington, Ninah May Holden Cummer, Garden Club, University of FloridaNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on the bridge beautification program taken on by the Garden Club, Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts hosts a Garden Club luncheon at the Carling Hotel with city planning lecture by George W. Simons Jr., Garden Club board luncheon, an article with photos of people (including Bertha Johnson Roberts and Mayor John. T. Alsop Jr.) involved in the bridge beautification program, a meeting hosted by Elizabeth A. (Mrs. J.T.) Wheatley for the new Murray Hill Garden Circle, Julietta (Mrs. W.H.) Adams hosts the Springfield Garden Circle beach party at the Atlantic Beach HotelCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Elizabeth A. Wheatley, George W. Simons Jr., Jacksonville History, John T. Alsop Jr., Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Carling Hotel, Atlantic Beach Hotel, Julietta AdamsNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on a meeting of the Iris Circle of the Garden Club, a June 1930 clipping on Etta R.(Mrs. J.M.) Schloenbach's Garden Club dinner and bridge party, announcements for the 8th Annual Garden Club Flower Show, an ad for the Flower Show sponsored by the Barnett Bank, a WJAX radio schedule for April 24th which includes a 7:15pm talk on the Garden Club with Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts and Mayor John T. Alsop Jr.Creator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
WJAX, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Etta R. Schloenbach, Jacksonville History, John T. Alsop Jr., Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Garden Club Flower Show, Barnett BankNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: an April 20th 1930 Times Union page on various PTA events and announcements, clippings on the upcoming 8th Annual Garden Club Flower Show with Agnes (Mrs. W. Herbert) Reynolds as chairman, Agnes Reynolds speaks at a luncheon put on by Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts at the Hotel George Washington in advance of the Flower ShowCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, PTA, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Garden Club Flower Show, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Hotel George WashingtonNotes
Date: 1928-1931
Public AccessTitle
Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on the opening of the annual Garden Club Flower Show, a folded tenth page from the April 26th 1930 edition of the Times Union on the Garden Club Flower Show with photos of the venue and surrounding gardens, an April 30th 1930 clipping announcing Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' reelection as president of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, a program from the Eighth Annual Garden Club Flower Show, a 1929-1930 yearbook for the Ingleside Circle of the Garden Club, an announcement of the prize winners from the Flower ShowCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Garden Club Flower Show, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Florida Times Union, Bertha Johnson RobertsNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a photo of Bertha (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts for the Jacksonville Journal Cook Book with her recipe for spiced watermelon rind and coffee cream, a 1929-1930 yearbook for the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, a 1929-1930 season booklet for the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, October 30th 1929 Times Union photographs of "Who's Who in the Woman's Club of Jacksonville for Season of 1929-1930" featuring 58 women including: May (Mrs. James W.) Spratt, Louise Meigs, Laura M. (Mrs. Marcus C.) Fagg, Clara Cook (Mrs. Waldo E.) Cummer, Louise C. Clark, Martha Page (Mrs. Ross) Parkhill, Minerva P. (Mrs. Frank E.) Jennings and Bertha (Mrs. Raymond C.) TurckCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Martha Page Parkhill, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Minerva P. Jennings, Jacksonville Journal, Louise C. Meigs, Jacksonville History, Bertha Turck, Laura M. Fagg, Clara Cook Cummer, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, May Spratt, Louise C. ClarkNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a continuation of portraits from the October 30th 1929 Times Union "Who's Who in the Woman's Club of Jacksonville for Season of 1929-1930" featuring 58 women including: Margaret Rankin (Mrs. William B.) Young, Grace Wilbur (Mrs. George W.) Trout, Jessie Atkinson (Mrs. Willis M.) Ball, Eva W. (Mrs. Fred B.) Noble Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts and Daisy Whistler (Mrs. Carmen George) Bucci among many others, newspaper clippings: photo and article on the annual luncheon at the Woman's Club, an illustration of the 861 Riverside Avenue clubhouse, October 23rd and 24th 1929 articles on the opening reception of the seasonCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jessie Atkinson Ball, Grace Wilbur Trout, Margaret Rankin Young, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Daisy Whistler Bucci, Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, 861 Riverside Avenue, Eva W. NobleNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: June 19th 1929 article on Signor Roberto Farina's performance at a card party given by the travel and international relations department of the Woman's Club, an artist concert put on by the music department with pictures from June 16th 1929 of the performers (including the Georges Barrere Little Symphony Orchestra, pianist Josef Lhevinne, contralto Sophie Breslau and dancer Angna Enters), a fall luncheon held at the clubhouse, a clipping on and purple ribbon from a Cohen Brothers annual bazaar sale, the finance department of the club announces committees and directors, a program for a February 21st performance by Elisabeth Rethberg of the Metropolitan Opera Company put on by the music departmentCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Elisabeth Rethberg, Cohen Brothers, Georges Barrere, Jacksonville History, Sophie Braslau, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Angna Enters, New York Metropolitan Opera, Josef LhevinneNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: a lecture on Florida wildflowers by Dr. Herman Kurz, society members including: Merrydelle (Mrs. Edward R.) Hoyt, Jessie Ball (Mrs. Alfred I.) duPont, Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts and Clara Cook (Mrs. Waldo E.) Cummer among many others attend a Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra concert, a list of guarantors for the Barrere Symphony concert in the Woman's Club auditorium, a booklet for The Association of the Home for the Aged, directors at the Home for the Aged plan Christmas festivities, a list of 1929 officers for the Home for the Aged, April 3rd 1930 election of officers for the Home for the Aged, a February 2nd 1930 program for services at the First Presbyterian Church, a First Presbyterian Church home missions study class at Bertha Johnson Roberts' home and an event honoring Emma W. (Mrs. Lindsey E.) McNair by the Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church at Bertha Johnson Roberts' homeCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Home for the Aged, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jessie Ball duPont, Jacksonville History, First Presbyterian Church, Dr. Herman Kurz, Clara Cook Cummer, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, The Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church, Merrydelle Hoyt, Emma W. McNairNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: February 6th 1930 clipping on a farewell event for Emma W. (Mrs. Lindsey E.) McNair, a meeting of the Jacksonville branch of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, First Presbyterian Church announcements, national president of the Needlework Guild of America Mrs. Truman H. Newberry hosts a 1930 meeting at the Hotel George Washington where Naniscah McLane (Mrs. Charles W.) Tucker is elected as president of the local guild, a 1930 clipping on an event held by the Young People's Council of the First Presbyterian Church, various society events honoring Miss Julia Bronson before her marriage to James A. Austin including an October 10th 1929 article about a tea hosted by Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts with a card from the October 9th event, a luncheon held by Ella G. (Mrs. John T.) Alsop honoring Alice G. (Mrs. Henry Upson) Sims, a Medieval Tournament at the Duval County Armory held by the Girl Scouts of Jacksonville, a February 7th 1929 clipping on a bridge party hosted by Jean E. (Mrs. Robert H.) SparksCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Junior League, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jacksonville History, First Presbyterian Church, Naniscah McLane, Duval County Armory, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Girl Scouts, Ella G. Alsop, Emma W. McNair, Needlework Guild, Hotel George WashingtonNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a loose advertisement for Western Union telegraph center with a newspaper clipping photo of Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts attatched (no explanation), newspaper clippings: a July 1930 clipping on committees (which include: Bertha Johnson Roberts, Mayor John T. Alsop Jr. and Grace Wilbur (Mrs. George W.) Trout among others) formed to secure a Jacksonville branch of the National Soldiers Home, on the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Jacksonville meeting at the Hotel George Washington to determine if men should be required to wear coats in the summer (including a comment by Bertha Johnson Roberts), Mayor John T. Alsop Jr. and others express interest in a municipal orchestra at a music luncheon at the Woman's Club, congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen speaks at the Temple Theatre, city council adopts civic development plan by engineer George W. Simons Jr.Creator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Grace Wilbur Trout, Western Union, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Junior Chamber of Commerce, George W. Simons Jr., Jacksonville History, John T. Alsop Jr., National Soldiers Home, Ruth Bryan Owen, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Hotel George Washington, Temple TheatreNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a newspaper clipping on George W. Simons Jr.'s civic development plan, a red Honorary Ye Mystic Revellers ribbon, a program for the May 2nd 1930 8th Annual Ye Mystic Revellers Coronation Ball at the Duval County Armory, October 12th 1930 Times Union portraits of leaders of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club including president Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts, October 15th 1930 article on the initial meeting of the season for Presidents' Council of the Federated Circles of the Garden ClubCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, George W. Simons Jr., Ye Mystic Revellers, Duval County Armory, Federated Circles of the Garden Club, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson RobertsNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on the beginning of the 1930 fall club season, an October 15th 1930 article on the first meeting of the season for the Garden Club, various meetings of Garden Club circles, Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts speaks at a meeting of the Norwood League at the Norwood Presbyterian Church, an October 18th 1930 article on rock garden planning with a photo from Bertha Johnson Roberts' garden, a recounting of the growth of the Garden Club of Jacksonville since its inception in 1922Creator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson RobertsNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: a photo and description of a water lily pool in Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' garden, Flower Garden Notes by the Garden Club in the Times Union, plans for the upcoming Beautification Conference by the Duval County Highway Beautification Association and a program for the November 18th 1930 Beautification Conference with a small clipping attatched in the lower right corner about a WJAX broadcast on the conferenceCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Duval County Highway Beautification Association, Beautification Conference, WJAXNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: various beautification plans for the St. Johns River Bridge (Acosta Bridge) which Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts was involved in through the Garden Club, a March 31st 1931 photo and description of the bridge with its newly installed lights, as president of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville Bertha Johnson Roberts thanks the Duval Board of County Commissioners for their support of the Garden Club's involvement in the beautification of the St. Johns River Bridge, September 28th 1930 announcement of the 1930-1931 brochure of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, a December session at the Woman's Club of the president's council of the Garden Club, June 4th 1931 final meeting of the season for the Garden Club's president's council honors Bertha Johnson RobertsCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, St. Johns River Bridge, Acosta Bridge, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Duval Board of County CommissionersNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on a meeting of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville hosted by Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts at the Hotel George Washington, the final meeting of the season for the Garden Club, Bertha Johnson Roberts invites Garden Circle members to attend a meeting of the Jacksonville Open Forum at the Temple Theatre with lecture by naturalist Royal Dixon, a November 19th article on a conference sponsored by the Florida State Chamber of Commerce beautification committee at the Hotel George Washington presided over by May Mann (Mrs. W. S.) Jennings with addresses by Karl Lehmann of Orlando, Col. William E. Kay, and Mayor John T. Alsop Jr., various Garden Club Circle meetingsCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Garden Club of Jacksonville, Florida State Chamber of Commerce, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jacksonville History, John T. Alsop Jr., Royal Dixon, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Open Forum, May Mann Jennings, Col. William E. Kay, Hotel George Washington, Temple TheatreNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a small card with a Christmas tree stencil addressed to Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts, newspaper clippings: on the opening of the Festival of Lights, a Garden Club event hosted by Karrie Johnson (Mrs. John A.) Ferguson and Elinor (Mrs. Caleb E.) Johnson at their homes in Orange Park, January 5th 1931 article on a talk on city planning by assistant manager of the Civic Development Department of the United States Chamber of Commerce Gardner S. Rogers, various Garden Club Circle meetings, an April 2nd 1931 article on a Garden Club event hosted by Jessie Ball (Mrs. Alfred I.) DuPont at Epping Forest, April 1st 1931 photo and description of the grounds at Epping Forest, announcement of Jacksonville's participation in the upcoming sixth annual convention of the Federated Circles of the Garden ClubsCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Gardner S. Rogers, Jessie Ball duPont, Jacksonville History, Karrie Johnson Ferguson, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Epping Forest, Elinor JohnsonNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
stationery from the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs with 3rd vice president Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' name underlined, a light green delegate ribbon for the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, newspaper clippings: on the election of officers for the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, a March 5th 1931 clipping listing prominent Garden Club workers, president of the Jacksonville Federated Circle of Garden Clubs Bertha Johnson Roberts and president-elect Alice Martin (Mrs. Abner Gile) Withee tour the Jacksonville Terminal Company's grounds following its beautification, a photo of the Roberts building on Adams Street, May 31st 1931 Times Union photos with description of Bertha Johnson Roberts' tour of the Terminal Company, plans for the ninth annual Garden Club Flower ShowCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Alice Martin Withee, Jacksonville Terminal Company., Garden Club Flower ShowNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: plans for the ninth annual Garden Club Flower Show, an April 18th clipping on the opening of the Flower Show, an April 16th clipping on the event and a folded April 19th 1931 Times Union spread with photos on the ninth annual Garden Club Flower ShowCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location JHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Garden Club Flower Show, Garden Club of JacksonvilleNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
an April 20th 1931 newspaper clipping on the ninth annual Garden Club Flower Show and its out of town attendants, two large format photographs of gardens and six ribbons from the Flower ShowCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Garden Club Flower Show, Garden Club of JacksonvilleNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: president of the National Federation of Music Clubs Ruth Haller (Mrs. Elmer James) Ottoway speaks at a luncheon in her honor at the Carling Hotel, various Garden Club Circle meetings and social events, a Flower Show by the Avondale Circle of the Garden Club, October 4th 1931 photo and description of Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' summer home in Neptune Beach, Eva W. (Mrs. Fred B.) Noble hosts a tea, publication chairman of the Garden Club Etta R. (Mrs. J.M.) Schloenbach publishes the landscaping edition of the Florida Garden PrimerCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Etta R. Schloenbach, Florida Garden Primer, Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Ruth Haller Ottoway, Flower Show, Carling Hotel, Eva W. NobleNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: a lecture on gardens by Mrs. Helen H. Oakes at the Woman's Club, Garden Club Circle meetings, a Friday Musicale luncheon at the Carling Hotel, January 16th 1931 article on an Arbor Day radio program introduced by Mrs. Ida Floyd White and Mayor John T. Alsop Jr., the forming of new Garden Circles, a photo and article on a Flower Show at John Gorrie Junior High School, author and lecturer Louisa Yeomans (Mrs. Francis) King honored at Woman's Club luncheon, February 6th 1931 article on a Friday Musicale and luncheon in honor of national president of the Federation of Music Clubs Ruth Haller (Mrs. Elmer James) OttowayCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Louisa Yeomans King, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Mrs. Francis King, Jacksonville History, John T. Alsop Jr., Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Ruth Haller Ottoway, Flower Show, Friday Musicale., Ida Floyd White, Carling Hotel, John Gorrie Junior High SchoolNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: on the sixteenth semi-annual state-wide Beautification Confernce featuring Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts as a primary speaker, a review of the work of the Garden Club by president Bertha Johnson Roberts, the Garden Club's closing meeting in the Woman's Club auditorium, annual session of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville at the Florida Country Club and the election of Alice Martin (Mrs. Abner Gile) Withee as president, the cover of a program for the sixteenth semi-annual state-wide Beautification Conference on May 9th 1931Creator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Beautification Conference, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Florida Country Club, Alice Martin WitheeNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a page from the program for the sixteenth sem-annual state-wide Beautification Conference on May 9th 1931, newspaper clippings: dated June 14th 1931 on Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' report on the Garden Clubs, Bertha Johnson Roberts hosts a luncheon at the Atlantic Beach Hotel, Alice Martin (Mrs. Abner Gile) Withee's election as president of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club, a meeting of the Presidents' Council of Garden Clubs honoring Bertha Johnson Roberts, a review of the growth of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of JacksonvilleCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Beautification Conference, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Garden Club of Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach Hotel, Alice Martin WitheeNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a list of officials of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville with Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' name underlined, newspaper clippings: a photo of Bertha Johnson Roberts, Alice Martin (Mrs. Abner Gile) Withee's first actions as president of the Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, a June 17th 1931 editorial on the Garden Club's record, June 13th 1931 Times Union article on the closing of the Garden Club season, opening reception of the season for the Woman's Club, president Louise C. Meigs presides at a Woman's Club luncheon program, a copy of the No. 8 "Landscaping" edition of the Florida Garden Primer published by editor Etta R. (Mrs. J.M.) SchloenbachCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Garden Club of Jacksonville, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Etta R. Schloenbach, Florida Garden Primer, Louise C. Meigs, Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Federated Circles of the Garden Club of Jacksonville, Alice Martin WitheeNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: October 23rd 1930 article on the opening reception of the Woman's Club of Jacksonville, a luncheon at the clubhouse, the closing luncheon of the Woman's Club year with Louise C. Clark's election as president, a bridge party hosted by Minnie Louise (Mrs. Norwood) Phelps, Past President's Day celebrated at closing Woman's Club luncheon, Daisy Whistler (Mrs. Carmen George) Bucci re-elected as president for the Home for the Aged, yearly reports for the Home for the Aged, January 6th 1931 photo of assistant manager of the Civic Development Department of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Gardner S. Rogers' visit with public figures in Jacksonville, a purple booklet for the Association of the Home for the Aged, a list of officials for the Home for the AgedCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Jacksonville History, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Louise C. Clark, Minnie Louise Phelps, Daisy Whistler Bucci, Home for the Aged, Gardner S. RogersNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
a November 2nd 1930 program for First Presbyterian Church, newspaper clippings: on a resolution for the proposed municipal bond issue, the proposed metropolitan park system endorsed by city planner George W. Simons Jr., Grace Wilbur (Mrs. George W.) Trout and Col. William E. Kay; Gardner S. Rogers' speech to Jacksonville civic leaders, convention group holds a conference at the Carling Hotel to announce an executive committee under the presidency of John P. Ingle, a benefit card party for the unemployed at the Aragon Hotel, the appointment of the personnel of John P. Ingle's convention committee of the Chamber of Commerce, a meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church honoring past presidents, a bridge party at the Timuquana Country Club with Gladys Eberhart (Mrs. William J.) Knauer honoring Helen Louise RoseCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
John P. Ingle, Grace Wilbur Trout, Gladys Eberhart Knauer, Gardner S. Rogers, George W. Simons Jr., Jacksonville History, First Presbyterian Church, Chamber of Commerce, Timuquana Country Club, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, The Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church, Carling Hotel, Col. William E. Kay, Aragon HotelNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
A letterhead for Edgewater Realty Company Inc. dated September 22nd 1930 (Thurston Roberts was the company's president), newspaper clippings: March 11th 1931 article on Gladys Eberhart (Mrs. William J.) Knauer's bridge party at the Timuquana Country Club honoring Miss Helen Louise Rose, Armistice Day Parade, a Rotary Governor's Ball held at the Woman's Club, Mr. and Mrs. Thurston (Bertha Johnson) Roberts host dinner in honor of the marriage of Miss Helen Louise Rose to their nephew T.S. Roberts Jr., a wedding decoration, newspaper clippings: a Forestry Drive campaign with May Mann (Mrs. W.S.) Jennings as general chairman for Duval County (appointed by the president of the Florida Forestry Association), Girl Scouts honor president Sarah Birdsall (Mrs. Frederick) Edey at the Woman's Club, Benefit at the Aragon Hotel given by Mary (Mrs. John T.) Mollard, Duval County Girl Scout Council annual luncheon at the Carling Hotel where Moriat G. (Mrs. Frederick R.) McConnel was re-elected commissionerCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Mary Mollard, Gladys Eberhart Knauer, Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jacksonville History, Timuquana Country Club, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Sarah Birdsall Edey, Moriat G. McConnel, Girl Scouts, May Mann Jennings, Thurston Roberts, Carling Hotel, Florida Forestry Association, Aragon HotelNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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Press Book 1928-1931Description
newspaper clippings: February 7th 1931 article with photos of a Civitan luncheon at the Hotel George Washington honoring general solicitor of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Col. William E. Kay, Nell Rose (Mrs. Walter S.) Jones heads Mother's Day organization, an invitation to the Civitan luncheon on February 6th 1931 honoring Col. William E. Kay, a yellow honorary "Ye Mystic Revellers" ribbon, newspaper clippings: on Bertha Johnson (Mrs. Thurston) Roberts' involvement in tree lightings around the city for Christmas, Bertha Johnson Roberts being honored by the Park Council following her appointment as a member of the Executive Council of the Everglades National Park Association, Bertha Johnson Roberts' election to membership in the American Civic Association in recognition of her service to Jacksonville's communityCreator
Woman's Club of JacksonvilleContainer
Location pJHS Archives Room 203
Container Box 4
Folder Press Book #5Subjects
Bertha Johnson Roberts, Jacksonville History, Atlantic Coast Railroad, Everglades National Park Association, American Civic Association, Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Civitan, Nell Rose Jones, Col. William E. Kay, Ye Mystic Revellers, Hotel George WashingtonNotes
Date: 1928-1931
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