Photograph shows a White woman speaking at a microphone outdoors.
Back: a small piece of a newspaper article is glued onto the back of the photo. It reads: “Mrs. Philip F. La Follette. The governor’s wife is shown pinch-hitting for her husband as orator of the day at the convention picnic of the Associated Iowa Clubs, a national Negro organization, in Estabrook park Sunday.” The article is stamped in blue ink “Aug 15 1938”
Philip Fox La Follette (May 8, 1897 – August 18, 1965) was an American politician. He was the 27th and 29th Governor of Wisconsin, as well as one of the founders of the Wisconsin Progressive Party.
Estabrook Park is in Wisconsin.