Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.185.008 |
Collection |
Burnett, Lee Edward "Ed" |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
circa 1943 |
Description |
Black & white photograph measuring 8" x 10" and depicting Ruth Imogene Beals Burnett of Tulsa, OK. On December 1, 1926, she married Lee Edward "Ed" Burnett in Tulsa. She was born in 1907. The couple had two children: Michael Edward Burnett (1939-1963) and Jan Burnett Baker. In addition to managing the family home, Ruth Burnett also worked at Douglas Aircraft Company. House Beautiful Magazine featured her photograph in September 1943 as a working wife and mother. The same year, she won a national sewing contest for her creation of a war-worker's suite of khaki, rayon, and gaberdine, complete with hat, hair snood, and utility shoulder bag for lunch box and cosmetics. She won a trip to New York, and $200.00 dollars in war bonds. The Tulsa Tribune included her photograph on the front page issue of Monday, June 7, 1943. |
Search Terms |
women portraits Douglas Aircraft Company |
People |
Burnett, Ruth Imogene Beals |
Place |
Tulsa, OK |