Office workers lunching in Rittenhouse Square
Office workers lunching in Rittenhouse Square
Office workers lunching in Rittenhouse Square

Office workers lunching in Rittenhouse Square


Permanent ID:
11244
Call number:
V7: 3317
Date:
May 5 1944
Image Description:
Assorted photographs of female office workers lunching in Rittenhouse Square.

(1) from original image caption: "Having trouble finding a table in restaurants nowadays? These girls from nearby office buildings have found a more than satisfactory answer to the problem by lunching al fresco beneath the beautiful blossoms in Rittenhouse sq. They are members of an informal 'club' of 50 or 60 girls who bring their lunches to the square every pretty day. Left to right: Marion Bauer, Evelyn Huber, Emily Krauss, and Dorothy Mays."

(2) from left to right are Ruth Watt, Lillian Young, Ruth Worrall, Bonnie Lyle, and Edith Dennis.

(3) from left to right are Frances Barcelo and Alberta Ward sharing a sandwich.
Address:
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Format:
Gelatin Silver Print
Collection:
Philadelphia Record photograph morgue
Related Person or Organization:
Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) (depicted)