Mrs. Orme Thornberry, balloon girl at the Near East Relief Benefit Garden Fete] – Vintage Print
![Mrs. Orme Thornberry, balloon girl at the Near East Relief Benefit Garden Fete], [between 1920 and 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d2/d2db5eebf62c-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Mrs. Orme Thornberry, balloon girl at the Near East Relief Benefit Garden Fete]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mrs. Orme Thornberry, balloon girl at the Near East Relief Benefit Garden Fete]
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Mrs. Orme Thornberry posed as the balloon girl at a Near East Relief benefit garden fete, a society entertainment held to raise money for the charity's work. Near East Relief was founded in 1919 to aid Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and others displaced by war and violence in the former Ottoman lands, and Washington's social set often supported it through events like this one. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded the capital's society figures during the 1920s, and its balloons and costume show how such fundraisers blended charity with festive display.
| 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 | 2,802 × 3,624 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183645 |
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