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[Photograph 2012.201.B1116.0146]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Finding homes for orphans has grown into a fulltime job for movie actress Jane Russell, who founded WAIF. Here Jane shows Yoko Todd, 6 year old Japanese girl, and Andy Kenny, 2 1 / 2 year old German boy, how cartoons are bade by artist Jeannette Whiteaker."
Date: January 21, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1116.0160]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Actress jane Russell, and Bob Waterfield, former Los Angeles Rams football star, are having marital difficulties, their attorney said in Los Angeles."
Date: March 19, 1964
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1116.0135]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Actress greets refugees at Los Angeles Wednesday. jane Russell, founder and president of the WAIF adoption program, tries to make friends with two of the Chinese orphans who arrived from hong Kong. The tots are held by Mrs. G. Lee, who accompanied the youngsters. The child at right is Yuk Nu Lai, I, being adopted by a California couple."
Date: June 28, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1116.0148]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "For the first time since 1967, actress jane Russll is makin a movie. The film is her first professional work since the death of her husband Roger Barrett in 1968."
Date: November 22, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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