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World War II war bond sales chairmen from Buffalo women's clubs including Mrs. Philip J. Wickser, President of the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo


The image is a black-and-white newspaper photograph featuring three women involved in war bond sales. Two women are seated at a table, and one is standing behind them. The seated women are focused on their work, holding papers in their hands. The woman on the left has short hair and is dressed in a suit with a decorative brooch, and the woman on the right is wearing a dress with a floral brooch. Both are wearing hats adorned with fabric details. The standing woman wears a patterned dress with a white collar and a floral accessory in her hair.
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Title

World War II war bond sales chairmen from Buffalo women's clubs including Mrs. Philip J. Wickser, President of the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo

Subject

Wickser, Josephine Wilhelm
Wheeler, Maxine S., Mrs.
Desbecker, John F.
World War, 1939-1945--Finance--United States
Savings bonds
Women--Societies and clubs--History

Description

War bond sales booth chairmen who made reports at a Garret Club tea on the Women's Division sales in the Seventh War Loan Drive are (left to right): Mrs. Maxwell S. Wheeler of the Garret Club, Mrs. Philip J. Wickser of the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo and Mrs. John F. Desbecker of Temple Beth Zion.

Publisher

State University of New York at Buffalo

Date

1945-08

Contributor

Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo

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Format

image/jpeg

Language

en-US

Type

Still Image
Text

Identifier

LIB-017_TCCAD194508A_001.jpg
LIB-017_TCCAD194508A_001

Date Created

2014-09-20

Is Part Of

Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo
LIB-017

Medium

Black-and-white photographs

Transcription

War Bond Workers Report Sales

Among the booth chairmen who made reports on the Women's Division sales in the Seventh War Loan Drive at a tea at the Garret Club yesterday are, left to right: Mrs. Maxwell S. Wheeler, chairman of the Garret Club War Bond booth at Hengerer's; Mrs. Philip J. Wickser, president of the Twentieth Century Club, which sponsors a booth at Flint & Kent's, and Mrs. John F. Desbecker, in charge of the Temple Beth Zion booth at Adam, Meldrum & Anderson's.

Original Format

Still Image
Text

Citation

“World War II war bond sales chairmen from Buffalo women's clubs including Mrs. Philip J. Wickser, President of the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed January 6, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/88288.