Group of Girls Who Sold Poppies

Description:

On back of photo: May 1929. Left to Right: Pearl Forrester (Mailing Room), Lillian Taft (Accounting Dept.), Edm. Fuhry (Experimental), Theresa Thompson (1st Prize Winner) (Accounting), Mary Postler (Advertising), Ruth Boos (Service Dept.), Annette Hysienga (standing behind Ed. Fuhry and myself) (Sales Dept.). This is likely staff from the Olds Motor Works. Edmund Fuhry was a foreman there according to the 1930 Lansing City Directory. A May 25, 1929 Lansing State Journal article noted that several factories in the Lansing area cooperated with a red cloth handmade poppy sale led by the local Veterens of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts. Proceeds were used for veteran health care and related needs.

Data Provider:

Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives

Collection:

Caterino Photograph Collection

Subject Topic:

Lansing (Mich.), Industry, Flowers, Veterans, and Fund raising

Language:

English

Rights:

Copyright Not Evaluated

URL:

http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/158B70B4-EAD9-4BF9-BAC3-094975429892