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Puts finishing touches on 30 pound cherry pie for president. Washington, D.C., July 6. Nineteen year old Jean Halmond, Queen of Michigan's National Cherry Festival to be held in Traverse City, gives a final once-over to the 30 pound cherry pie which she l

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Mrs. A.E. Fish of the Crippled Children's School, New York (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    Mrs. Arthur Eliot Fish.
    See New York Times, April 2 1905, Section P, P. 2
    - www.nytimes.com/1905/04/02/archives/society-news-and-goss...
    In SOCIETY NEWS AND GOSSIP
    "A large and successful subscription affair was the international point euchre of Monday, given in the Waldorf-Astoria. It was for the benefit of the Summer Home of the Free Industrial School for Crippled Children. Those who had charge of the tables were Mesdames Arthur Eliot Fish,..."
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq, we'll add this info to the catalog record. Her husband's middle name is spelled several different ways in newspaper articles although I believe I saw Eliot the most.

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee (LOC)

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  • E. Howe said:
    Whoa! What an incredible image. I am SO glad to see that Black women worked on aircraft, too. I love her nail polish, and her ring. I'd LOVE to know her name, if she's still alive. This is such an outstanding portrait!
  • Nicola Hunt said:
    this is outstanding...i also noticed the details of her appearence as well as the clear reflection and sharp focus...this is just so rad to have on flickr!
  • Liz Rizzo said:
    Beautiful and inspiring.
  • Descriptive Bottle said:
    What an amazing time captured on film forever!
  • kenorland said:
    Okay, they never taught us that black women also worked as Rosie. What a crime of omission! So cool to see this.

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