Mrs. Orme Thornberry, balloon girl at the Near East Relief Benefit Garden Fete] – Historic Reproduction
![Mrs. Orme Thornberry, balloon girl at the Near East Relief Benefit Garden Fete], [between 1920 and 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9f/9f563abf1a87-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Mrs. Orme Thornberry, balloon girl at the Near East Relief Benefit Garden Fete]
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Mrs. Orme Thornberry poses as a "balloon girl" at a garden fete held to raise money for Near East Relief, the American charity that delivered food, shelter and medical care to refugees and famine survivors in the Near East after the First World War. Fetes like this one, with costumed sellers, games and tea, were a common way for Washington society women of the 1920s to combine fundraising with social display. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio whose portraits and event photographs recorded the city's social life during the decade. Its focus on a single costumed figure, rather than the crowd, shows how such events staged personality as well as charity.
| Created / published | [between 1920 and 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection. |
| Subjects | Balloons--1920-1930. Women--Social life--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,292 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183645 |
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