The speaker at the podium was Benjamin F. James, U.S. congressman from Delaware County. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10)
The speaker at the podium was Benjamin F. James, U.S. congressman from Delaware County. This event was part of the 21st Reunion of the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, some of whom served in the Spanish American War. (Chester Times, June 5, 1950, page 10)
Group of seven women and one man, standing in front of man at desk signing a document. Note in envelope lists Hugh Bonner, Mrs. Grace VanLeer, Mrs. Dorothy Lavery, Mrs. Maude Allen, Mrs. Lillian Baker, Mrs. Shirley Lees, Mrs. Jessie VanLeer Abernathy, Miss Jessie Abernathy, Judge Harold L. Ervin
Group of seven women and one man, standing in front of man at desk signing a document. Note in envelope lists Hugh Bonner, Mrs. Grace VanLeer, Mrs. Dorothy Lavery, Mrs. Maude Allen, Mrs. Lillian Baker, Mrs. Shirley Lees, Mrs. Jessie VanLeer Abernathy, Miss Jessie Abernathy, Judge Harold L. Ervin
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Dorothy Southby (Mrs. Sydney Southby) is fourth from left. Someone with a better knowledge of fabrics and fashion could probably correlate more of the Chester Times dress descriptions with the women in this series of photographs. Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
