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Display at Minerva Club flower show, 1938
Date
1938
Description
The Minerva Club's annual flower show.
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Program for Minerva Club Concert, May 6, 1938
Date
May 6, 1938
Description
Title reads: "A splendid entertainment -- Mrs. Ethel Dorsey, who will appear for positively the last time in Santa Maria this season, will present Songs of the Golden Era"
Title
Portrait of Mrs. Harry Dorsey (Ethel May), Minerva Club President, 1938-1939
Date
[1938]
Title
Minerva Club officers, 1938-1939
Date
[1938]
Description
Mrs. Laughlin (Edith) - Vice Pres., Mrs. Ainscough (Miriam) - Rec. Sec., Mrs. Parnell (Lucy) - Cor. Sec., Mrs. Rice (Edna) - Treasurer
Title
Minerva Club Board of Directors, 1938-1939
Date
[1938]
Description
Mrs. Dorsey (Ethel), Mrs. Craig (Miriam), Mrs. Wiley (E. Dell), Mrs. Adam, Mrs. Baird (Margaret)
Title
Minerva Club Book Section, 1938-1939
Date
[1938]
Description
Mrs. Smith - Chairman, Mrs. Missall - Luncheon, Mrs. Law (Jessie) - Current Events
Title
Minerva Club float at the Santa Barbara County Fair, 1938
Date
[1938]
Title
Flower booth at the Santa Barbara County Fair, 1938
Date
July 22, 1938
Description
Flower booth sponsored by the Minerva Club
Title
Minerva Club snack stand at the Santa Barbara County Fair, 1938
Date
[1938]
Title
Eva May Glines
Date
Circa 1900
Description
Eva May Glines (1883-1938) was the daughter of Santa Maria Valley pioneers Cassius and Sarah Glines, and an early member of the Minerva Club.
Title
Minerva Thornburg
Date
Circa 1890
Description
Minerva Thornburg, prominent citizen of Santa Maria from the 1870s until her death in 1898. The Minerva Club was named in her honor.
Title
Mrs. Paul Nelson (Dorothea), Minerva Club Historian, 1939-1940
Date
[1939]
Title
"Book Section" page from Minerva Club yearbook, 1939-1940
Date
[1939]
Description
Chairman - Mrs. J. W. Stout, Current Events Chairman - Mrs. R. B. Gooden, Luncheon Chairmen - Mrs. M. C. Soares (Anne), Mrs. L. B. Deveney (Dolores)
Title
Display at Minerva Club flower show, 1940
Date
April 1940
Description
In 1940 the annual Minerva Club flower show was held April 13-14 in the Santa Maria Veterans' Memorial Building
Title
Santa Maria Valley pioneer Mary Winters, on her 80th birthday
Date
[1941]
Description
Mary Winters was born in Ashton, Illinois, and came to the Santa Maria Valley on a wagon train in 1871. Before her marriage at the age of 16, she taught at the first school in Point Sal. A longtime member of the Minerva Club, she was honored by the club on her 80th birthday.
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Minerva Club float at the Santa Barbara County Fair, 1941
Date
[1941]
Title
Mrs. Leland Smith of Los Angeles
Date
Circa 1940
Description
Mrs. Smith presented a program on contemporary theater for the Minerva Club in 1942.
Title
Ruth Gillette
Date
Circa 1940
Description
Ruth Gillette, famous at the time for her role in the motion picture The Great Ziegfeld, performed at an event sponsored by the Minerva Club on May 1, 1942.
Title
Mrs. Ted Baun (Alice), president of the Minerva Club, 1942-1943
Date
[1942]
Description
Mrs. Baun was also president of the Methodist Women's Society for Christian Service.
Title
Marjorie Hall performing at a dance recital
Date
Circa 1940
Title
Minerva Club officers, 1944-1945
Date
[1944]
Description
Mrs. Allen Fesler (Irma) - Recording Secretary, Mrs. Paul Nelson (Dorothea) - President, Mrs. Fred May (Eilizabeth) - Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Leonard Petersen (Estelle) - Vice President, Mrs. Elmer Rice - Treasurer, Mrs. Elmer Piercy (Lurlan) - Historian, Mrs. A. P. Catlin (Frances) - Parliamentarian
Title
Letter from Herbert Hoover to Mary Winters, April 13, 1923
Date
April 13, 1923
Description
Typewritten letter in which Secretary of Commerce Hoover commends Winters' efforts in demonstrating a model home in Santa Maria.
Title
Mrs. Ernest Righetti (Mildred), chairman of the Minerva Club Pioneer Section, 1944-1945
Date
[1944]
Title
Minerva Club members celebrate the club's 50th anniversary with an "old-time" program
Date
[October 1944]
Title
Minerva Club members celebrate the club's 50th anniversary with an "old-time" program
Date
[October 1944]
Title
Founding members of the Minerva Club celebrate its 50th anniversary
Date
[October 1944]
Description
Mrs. John Watson (Alida), Mrs. Cyril Lamb, Mrs. Minnie Stearns, Mrs. Sally Curryer, Mrs. Thomas Boyd
Title
Minerva Club members celebrate the club's 50th anniversary with an "old-time" program
Date
[October 1944]
Description
Mrs. Word (Louise), Mrs. Crowley (Edna), Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. May, Mrs. Adam, Mrs. Piercy, Mrs. Mesirow (Irene Pavloska), Mrs. Fairchild, Mrs. Rice (Creelie), Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Dorsey (Ethel), Mrs. Burns (Irene)
Title
Mrs. Allen Fesler (Irma), Minerva Club President, 1945-1946
Date
[1945]
Title
Minerva Club members modeling international fashions, February 1946
Date
February 1946
Description
In February 1946, the Minerva Club sponsored an event with Mrs. William Lambert Potts of Fresno, who shared her collection of clothing from travels in 48 countries. This photo shows Mrs. R. S. Evans (Anne) "in clothing of Ceylon", Mrs. Ellis Rice (Creelie) in an "Indian sari", and Mrs. James MacDonald (Irene) in an outfit from Makassar, Indonesia.
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Minerva Club members modeling international fashions, February 1946
Date
February 1946
Description
In February 1946, the Minerva Club sponsored an event with Mrs. William Lambert Potts of Fresno, who shared her collection of clothing from travels in 48 countries. This photo shows Mrs. Robert Hancock (Ann) in "peasant attire of French Indo-China", Mrs. Paul Nelson (Dorothea) as a "Shinto priestess", and Mrs. Leland Smith (Julia) in a "gold-embroidered costume of China".
Title
Minerva Club members modeling international fashions, February 1946
Date
February 1946
Description
In February 1946, the Minerva Club sponsored an event with Mrs. William Lambert Potts of Fresno, who shared her collection of clothing from travels in 48 countries. This photo shows Mrs. Potts, Mrs. Robert Hancock (Ann) in "peasant attire of French Indo-China", Mrs. Paul Nelson (Dorothea) as a "Shinto priestess", and Mrs. Leland Smith (Julia) in a "gold-embroidered costume of China".
Title
Minerva Club members modeling international fashions, February 1946
Date
February 1946
Description
In February 1946, the Minerva Club sponsored an event with Mrs. William Lambert Potts of Fresno, who shared her collection of clothing from travels in 48 countries. This photo shows Mrs. George Jenner (Rachel) in a sarong modeled after one worn by a princess of Java, and Mrs. Ted Bianchi (Mary) in a "sarong-type garment from Pago Pago".
Title
Mrs. R. E. McCabe, Minerva Club President, 1935-1936
Date
1936
Description
Portrait of Minerva Club President R. E. McCabe (Helen)
Title
Mrs. Leonard Petersen (Estelle), Minerva Club President, 1946-1947
Date
[1946]
Title
Cast of "The Bird on Nellie's Hat", presented by the Minerva Club, February 21, 1947
Date
February 21, 1947
Description
Mrs. Robert Hancock (Ann), Mrs. Allan Dart (Kathleen), Mrs. Ted Bianchi (Mary), Mrs. Kenneth Vertrees (Grace), Mrs. Fred Pimentel (Minnie), Mrs. Jack Jones, Mrs. Kenneth Trefts (Alice), Mrs. William Carroll (Gyneth)
Title
Cast of the olio accompanying "The Bird on Nellie's Hat", presented by the Minerva Club, February 21, 1947
Date
February 21, 1947
Description
Standing: Mrs. Paul Nelson (Dorothea), Mrs. Leland Smith (Julia); sitting: Mrs. Harry Dorsey (Ethel May) & Mrs. Leonald Adam (Winnie)
Title
Overview of Minerva Club flower show, Santa Maria Veterans' Memorial Building, April 1947
Date
April 1947
Description
The annual flower show was held in the Santa Maria Veterans' Memorial Building, April 19-20, 1947
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Minerva Club snack stand at the Santa Barbara County Fair, 1946
Date
[1946]
Title
Minerva Club Officers, 1935-1936
Date
[1935]
Description
Top row: Mrs. R. E. McCabe (Helen), Mrs. Elmer Rice, Mrs. C. B. Ferguson (Lillian), Mrs. A. T. Garey (Clara), Mrs. Ralph Sharer (Mildred); lower row: Mrs. A. B. Hanson (Margaret), Mrs. Deane Laughlin (Edith), Mrs. Calvin Funk (Grace), Mrs. Edgar Craig (Miriam), Mrs. Fred Hamilton (Agnes), Mrs. Harley Hughes (Fredonia).
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Mrs. Holmes E. Tabb, Minerva Club President, 1936-1937
Date
[1936]
Description
Colorized portrait of Mrs. Holmes E.Tabb (Bessie), Minerva Club President, 1936-1937
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Minerva Club member Ethel May Dorsey in period gown
Date
April 16, 1937
Description
Dorsey was presenting for the Minerva Club program, "California in the Days of the Padres", held on April 16, 1937.
Title
Minerva Club member Ethel May Dorsey in period gown
Date
April 16, 1937
Description
Dorsey was presenting for the Minerva Club program, "California in the Days of the Padres", held on April 16, 1937.
Title
Opera singer Irene Pavloska Mesirow
Date
November 28, 1937
Description
The Minerva Club sponsored a concert at the Santa Maria Veterans' Memorial Auditorium on November 28, 1937, featuring club member and retired opera singer Irene Pavloska Mesirow.
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Display at Minerva Club flower show, 1937
Date
May 1937
Description
The Minerva Club's annual flower show, held May 12-13, 1937.
Title
Santa Maria Valley Railroad Steam Locomotive 205
Date Created
undated
Description
Negative created in the Santa Maria Valley is an image of SMVRR locomotive 205. The Santa Maria Valley Railroad purchased this locomotive from the San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad in 1933, and it stayed in service until 1950. SMVRR began purchasing General Electric diesel locomotives in 1948. This locomotive was donated to be a public display at the Santa Maria Fairgrounds. In 1983, after deteriorating and becoming a safety hazard, it was donated to a group in Oregon to be restored.
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Velero II
Date Created
undated
Description
Photograph is an image of the vessel Velero II, owned by Allan Hancock.
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Velero III
Date Created
undated
Description
Photograph is an image of the vessel Velero III, owned by Allan Hancock. Velero III was built to Hancock's specifications by Craig Shipbuilding in Long Beach in 1931. It was employed in oceanographic research in the Pacific Ocean. During World War II, it was used as a patrol vessel by the U.S. Navy. After the war, it was purchased by the American Independent Oil Company and converted into a luxury cruiser for the Sheik of Kuwait.
Title
Velero III
Date Created
undated
Description
Photograph is an image of the vessel Velero III, owned by Allan Hancock. Velero III was built to Hancock's specifications by Craig Shipbuilding in Long Beach in 1931. It was employed in oceanographic research in the Pacific Ocean. During World War II, it was used as a patrol vessel by the U.S. Navy. After the war, it was purchased by the American Independent Oil Company and converted into a luxury cruiser for the Sheik of Kuwait.
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Velero III and Velero II
Date Created
undated
Description
Photograph is an image of the vessels Velero III [left] and Velero II [right], owned by Allan Hancock. Velero II was built in 1922, while Velero III was built in 1931. Both were built to Hancock's specifications, and employed in oceanographic research in the Pacific. During World War II, Velero III was used as a patrol vessel by the U.S. Navy. After the war, it was purchased by the American Independent Oil Company and converted into a luxury cruiser for the Sheik of Kuwait.
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Women performing maintenance on a PT-13 Stearman trainer, Hancock College of Aeronautics
Date Created
undated
Description
Negative created at Hancock College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria, California is an image of women performing maintenance on a PT-13 Stearman training aircraft. Hancock College of Aeronautics employed women in a number of roles, including mechanics.
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