title:
Christmas stockings
creator:
Snyder, Martha
subject:
1940-49
subject:
Students
subject:
Student activities
subject:
Charity
subject:
Christmas
subject:
Brooker, Nancy
subject:
Redwood, Jamie
subject:
Jennings, Marguerite
subject:
Williams, Alyce
subject:
Walker, Josephine
subject:
Garnett, Jane
description:
Students gather around a Christmas tree to prepare stockings which will go to the Blue Ridge Sanatorium and the orphanage in Fredericksburg. Left to right, standing: Nancy Brooker, Jamie Redwood, Marguerite Jennings, Alyce Williams Left to right, sitting: Josephine Walker, Jane Garnett
date:
1942
identifier:
umw:3310
identifier:
valet-20080610-14065
rights:
Copyright is retained by Special Collections and University Archives, Simpson Library, University of Mary Washington. This item is available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Items may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes without prior written consent from the University of Mary Washington.
format:
Black and white photograph, 10 x 8 in. The left border is notably frayed and torn. Penciled on the reverse is "MWC Drive for Stockings- proceeds went to Blue Ridge Sanatorium + Fredericksburg Orphanage. (L->R): Nancy Brooker, Jamie Redwood, Marguerite Jennigns, Alyce Williams, seated: Jo Walker, Jane Garner." There is also a sticker on which is typed "PLEASE RETURN PICTURE TO MARTHA SNYDER MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS FROM MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGES DRIVE FOR STOCKINGS TO GO THE BLUE RIDGE SANTATORIUM [sic] ANT [sic] THE ORPHANAGE IN FREDERICKSBURG, Left to right: Nancy Brooker,Richmond, Va.; Jamie Redwood, Mobile, Ala.; Marguerite Jennings, Waverly, Va.; Alyce Williams, Richmond, Va.; Seated: Jo Walker, Charlotte, N.C.; Jane Garnet, Richmond, Va."
contributor:
Simpson Library Special Collections