'Way Down in Dixie! (NEA photograph of Hilda Webb)
20 May 1930 · Times Herald (Olean, New York)
Citation: "'Way Down in Dixie!," NEA Service photograph and caption, Times Herald (Olean, New York), 20 May 1930, p. 13; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by mattjameswade, 10 July 2019).
Transcription
Photograph of a young woman seated on a garden chair in a two-piece bathing suit. Caption:
NEA Birmingham Bureau. Dixie's broiling suns hold no fears for Miss Hilda Webb, above, of Birmingham, Ala., first to appear at a local swimming pool in one of the new 1930 "sunburn bathing suits." Naturally, her suit caused a lot of back talk.
What it says, against the tree
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilda Webb | Event | Photographed by NEA, the first woman at a Birmingham pool in a 1930 "sunburn" (backless) bathing suit; syndicated nationally | — | new |
| Hilda Webb | Residence | Birmingham, Ala., 1930 | 1930 Birmingham | agrees |