Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society photographs, circa 1958-1967
Permanent ID:
8277
Date:
1958 – 1967
Image Description:
This digital record contains two images that depict one photograph of a group of women in period dress posed outside the Ralston Center at 3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Originally named the Indigent Widows and Single Women’s Society, Ralston Center was founded in 1817 by Sarah Clarkson Ralston and a group of like-minded Philadelphians to provide a refuge for needy women.
Inscription:
No. 1 card Mrs. Perkins Miss Hastings Mrs. Beatty Mrs. Price Miss Strangler Mrs. Lehr – deceased Miss Sabold Mrs. McFarland Miss Salfinger Miss Tunis Mrs. Rogers Miss Graf Mrs. Wilkinson Mrs. Kenton Mrs. Wiest No. 2 card Mrs. Hastings Mrs. Reed Mrs. Parker Mrs. Lonstreth Mrs. Storrs Mrs. Beatty Mrs. Shoemaker Mrs. J. Wurtz Mrs. D. Wurtz
(on verso)
Address:
3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
Dimensions:
Width: 12.5 cm, Height: 8.5 cm (case)
