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Creation Date
1939
Description
Photograph of Mrs. John Bruce Dodd (Sonora Dodd), founder of Father's Day. Circa 1939.
This photograph appears in a newspaper article from the June 17, 1939 issue of The New York Sun titled "Father's Day Founder Here: Mrs. John Bruce Dodd Tells How She Got the Idea, Dislikes Term 'Old Man,' Comes East to Take Part in The Sun's Tribute to Fathers." This newspaper article can be found in the "Newspapers, Post-1924" section of the Father's Day / Sonora Dodd Digital Collection.