Apple Blossom Queens at Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce, 1940 Apr 12

Photograph

Tontitown Historical Museum

According to Camden News this was held at the Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce, the girls are all Apple Blossom Queens from the towns throughout Benton and Washington county. The girls were attending the dinner with Mrs. Roosevelt who was in town on April 12, this dinner was before the Apple Blossom Pilgrimage.

Name/Title

Apple Blossom Queens at Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce, 1940 Apr 12

Entry/Object ID

TMA-2003-02-1197

Description

Nineteen women sit and stand in large room with chandelier, candelabras in the background; all are wearing dresses of various patterns and hats of various styles. A women older than the rest of the group sits center of the ladies in black with white diagonal lines over her outfit and a black hat. Lady seated in the center is Eleanor Roosevelt.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Reproduction

Subject

front 4th from L Lavinia Maestri; 5th from L Eleanor Roosevelt; back 3rd from R Annabelle Applegate; (identification is taken from comparisons to the newspaper clipping below, a couple ladies might be incorrect) Front L-R: Dorothy Blevins, Joyce Kendrick, Elza Jean Mount, Lavinia Maestri, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jane Nichols, Patricia Oswald, Ila Mae Spencer, Lena Harrison. Back L-R: Margaret Jo Bressler, Esther Rupprecht, Jeanette Oakley, Dorothy Steele, Lois Cline, Ernestine Crow, June Catron, Annabelle Applegate, Lou J. Howard, Maxine Fowler

Subject Person or Organization

Lavinia Maestri Zulpo (1922 - 2014), Eleanor Roosevelt

Subject Place

Government

Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce

City

Fort Smith

State/Province

Arkansas

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Collection

PHOTOGRAPHS

Update Date

May 14, 2026