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Title:

Woman picks up her lost purse

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0004_00162_001.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3c53f18r

Type:

Image

Caption:

Miss Evelyn Ronnestad of Minneapolis, Minn., was overjoyed today (Tuesday) when her purse, containing $25 of oil and gas money for the trip home for her and her party, was found and returned after being lost in the Sears building of A Century of Progress. The purse, which was missing for several hours, was found by Mr. and Mrs. Norman Maxwell of Titusville, Pa. The picture shows Miss Ronnestad (left) receiving her purse back from Miss Florence E. Johnson of the Sears information desk.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Clerks

Handbags

Women employees

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

7.5 x 9.5 in.

Building Name:

Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

Show more details:

Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

4

Folder:

162

Repository:

University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)

Repository Collection Type:

Manuscript Collections

Repository Location:

Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White

Secretary of State.