Off for the weekend and possibly for life at the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove, Florida. Afternoons to sip sherry alternating with ice cold Coca Colas and platters of deviled eggs. More fun than staying home embroidering sofa cushions, too. From the Woman’s Club records folder, University of Miami Libraries.

*Club members sitting on a bench on Miami Beach. Florida.* Written on verso: “40.” 1915 image. American. Photographer not given. Collections of the University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/95/rec/7

*Coconut Drive, Miami Beach, Florida.* (their clubhouse). Written on front: “*Cocoanut Drive Miami*“; Written on verso: “8.” 1915 image. American. Photographer not given. Collections of the University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/20/rec/24

*Housekeepers Club grand benefit concert, January 15th 1914 at 7:30 PM. Tickets 25 cents.* American. Photographer not given. Collections of the University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/5060/rec/40

*Oriental tea service from the pageant, “Trip around the world*. ” Imprint on front: *“No 1084*“; Written on verso: *“Oriental Tea Service”; “TRIP AROUND THE WORLD, 1922”; “[COCONUT GROVE WOMAN’S CLUB]”; Stamped on verso: “The photo Shop 145 1-2 N.E. Second Street MIAMI, FLA Phone 6143*.” 1922. American. Collections of the University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/11/rec/56

“Scene from the pageant, “Trip around the world.” Imprint on front: “Number 1106”; Written on verso: “21.” Part of the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove Miami Florida records that are archived at the University of Miami so presumably their swimming pool and their pageant.1921-1922 image.
American. Photographer not given. Collections of the University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/96/rec/71

“Photograph of a pageant.” 1922 image. Part of the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove Miami Florida records that are archived at the University of Miami so presumably photographed in Coconut Grove. American. Photographer not given. Collections of the University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/47/rec/60

Pageants were very popular 1915-1925 ish. Some were put on by clubs, some by schools and others by houses of worship or cities and towns. Also popular at the same time were tableaux vivant which look very similar in the pictures but more of the participants were children and teenagers.

Heading back to school hoping for loads of fun and a date for every dance. Also straight As. Imagery from a scrapbook kept by Jewell Genevieve Cooper who was a student at what is now Florida State University. Tallahassee, Florida.

*Cow Chorus.* Mid-late 1920s. From a scrapbook kept by Jewell Genevieve Cooper who was a student at Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University Collections. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:5424

*F Club Members.* ca. mid 1920s. From a scrapbook kept by Jewell Genevieve Cooper who was a student at Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University Collections. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:5315

*Students Wearing “Rat Caps” on Sophomore Day.* October 1924 image. From a scrapbook kept by Jewell Genevieve Cooper who was a student at Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University Collections. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:5266

*Student at Camp Flastacowo.* ca. 1924-1925. From a scrapbook kept by Jewell Genevieve Cooper who was a student at Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University Collections. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A5503

*Tumbling.* ca. 1929-1930. From a scrapbook kept by Jewell Genevieve Cooper who was a student at Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University Collections. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:5410

*Freshmen Bowing to Sophomores on Sophomore Day.* October 1924 image. From a scrapbook kept by Jewell Genevieve Cooper who was a student at Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University Collections. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:5273

*Louise Bryant and Mary Kinard in a Pose with “Battle” and Jacqueline Hucks In the Background.* ca. 1929-1930. From a scrapbook kept by Jewell Genevieve Cooper who was a student at Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University Collections. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:5418

Heading off to college and checking out the viewbooks. If the boys are cute I’m applying. Imagery from the 1898 edition of the Eureka College (Illinois) Souvenir, put out by the Eureka College Aid Association.

*BASEBALL* *TEAM – Chapel* *Building in Background:* Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 11 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/11/mode/1up

*ON THE ELMWOOD COURT – Tabernacle in Background. Morrow, Eureka*, photographers? Page 13 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/13/mode/1up

*A CLASS IN THE GYMNASIUM:* *Morrow, Eureka*, photographers? Page 15 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/15/mode/1up

*FOOTBALL TEAM:* *Morrow, Eureka*, photographers? Page 17 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/17/mode/1up

*TRACK TEAM:* *Morrow, Eureka*, photographers? Page 19 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/19/mode/1up

*MANDOLIN CLUB*: Page 23 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/23/mode/1up

*A SOCIAL HOUR AT LIDA’S WOOD:* *Morrow, Eureka*, photographers? Page 28 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/28/mode/1up

*A ROOM OF ONE OF THE GIRLS AT LIDA’S WOOD:* *Morrow, Eureka*, photographers? Page 29 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/29/mode/1up

*PERICLESIAN HALL:* *Morrow, Eureka*, photographers? Page 35 of the 1898 edition of the ‘*Eureka College Souvenir*‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/35/mode/1up

Off to Newport with a Saratoga trunk filled with chic gowns all by Worth. Imagery from May King Van Rensselaer’s 1905 “Newport: Our Social Capital.” Gracie Mansion, current home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama, is named for Mrs. Van Rensselaer’s ancestor Archibald Gracie whose country home it was.

*Watching a Lawn-Tennis Tournament, Casino Grounds: From a photograph by Alman and Company.* Page 321 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n320/mode/1up

*The Gardens: Doctor Henry Barton Jacobs.* Page 17 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Edward Stratton Holloway, illustrator. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/17/mode/1up

*Eastons Beach: From a photograph by Child.* Page 31 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n30/mode/1up

*‘Hopedean,’ Residence of Mrs. E. H. G. Slater, Annandale Road: From a photograph by Alman and Company.* Page 78 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n78/mode/1up

*Grand Staircase and Hall, ‘The Elms,’ E. J. Berwind, Esquire, Bellevue Avenue: From a photograph by Alman and Company.* Page 194 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n194/mode/1up

*Ballroom in ‘Ochre Court,’ the Home of Mrs. Ogden Goelet. Image copyright by Frank H. Child.* Page 268 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n268/mode/1up

*Marble House: After a photograph by Child.* Page 292 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n292/mode/1up

*Judging Four-in-Hands at the Horse Show: After a photograph by Alman and Company.* Page 300 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n300/mode/1up

*Automobile Racing on the Beach: From a photograph by Alman and Company.* Page 380 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n380/mode/1up

*Staircase, ‘The Breakers,’ Residence of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt: Image Copyright, 1900, by Frank H. Child.* Page 431 of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n432/mode/1up

*Cliff Walk, Bridge at Rough Point: From a photograph by Child.* Page 464 (upper image) of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n464/mode/1up

*Bedroom, ‘Stoneacre,’ Residence of E. R. Thomas, Esquire, Bellevue Avenue: From a photograph by Alman and Company.* Page 486 (upper image) of May King Van Rensselaer’s *Newport: Our Social Capital.* Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n486/mode/1up

There are more house drawings and photographs along with a few monuments and other things. I find many of the blog post subjects myself but this one is because I found a listing for the book here https://www.backintimerarebooks.com/pages/books/7649/mrs-john-king-van-rensselaer/newport-our-social-capital-231-of-347-copies. I remember their booth at the Antiquarian Book Fair here last fall but what I do is pick up a few copies of the fair catalogue and work my way through the listings looking for ideas.

Being a beauty queen and the best you can remotely be. What could be better? Nothing. All of these images being from the 1964 and 1965 editions of “The Peerless,” the yearbook of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

*1964 Peerage Queen: Miss Jane Hey Harrison.* Page 14 of the 1964 edition of *The Peerless,* the yearbook of Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/classmates-yearbook-52416-1964-princess-anne-high-school/page/n16/mode/1up

Homecoming dance or the prom. Page 19 of the 1964 edition of *The Peerless,* the yearbook of Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/classmates-yearbook-52416-1964-princess-anne-high-school/page/n19/mode/1up

*1963 Homecoming Cour*t. Page 20 of the 1964 edition of *The Peerless,* the yearbook of Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/classmates-yearbook-52416-1964-princess-anne-high-school/page/n20/mode/1up

*In three steps, Miss Linda Howell becomes Homecoming Queen of 1963.* Page 22 of the 1964 edition of *The Peerless,* the yearbook of Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/classmates-yearbook-52416-1964-princess-anne-high-school/page/n22/mode/1up

*1964 Homecoming Queen, Miss Jan Suzanne Richter.* Page 13 of the 1965 edition of *The Peerless,* the yearbook of Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/classmates-yearbook-55961-1965-princess-anne-high-school/page/13/mode/1up

*Miss Princess Anne: Miss Mary Margaret Mannen.* Page 18 of the 1965 edition of *The Peerless,* the yearbook of Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/classmates-yearbook-55961-1965-princess-anne-high-school/page/18/mode/1up

Imagery from a 1930s album documenting Welch’s Grape Juice displays in stores in Ohio that is up for sale by rare book dealer James E. Arsenault. I hope the salespeople depicted were better at not spilling purple grape juice on themselves than I ever was. The album was put together by Welch’s salesman Daniel J. Kelly who might have shot some of the pictures, too.

*Kroger’s Master Store, Main Avenue, Norwood, Ohio: The display sold 35 cases in six days.* Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

*The Dixie Terminal Food Shop Inc. 321 Walnut Street: Sold 2399 Units in six days. 25,000 People pass this window every day, sell the full line.* Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

*The Bay Drug Company, Fifth and Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio: This window sold ten cases in four weeks. 20,000 people pass this window every day for 30 days and nights.* Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

*Kroger’s Master Store, 3509 Redding Road, Cincinnati, Ohio: This store sold 25 cases of Welch’s Grape Juice in three days.* Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

Dixie Terminal Food Shop – 321 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio: Sold 2004 Grape Juice in six days. This store only sold one case of Welch’s Grape Juice a month before this sale. Now this store sells eight to ten cases a month. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

*The Piggly Wiggly Avondale: This store sold 15 cases in three days.* Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

*Kroger’s Master Market – Hyde Park Square: Sold 1899 units in five days. This store now carries our full line.* Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

*Kroger’s Master Store, 2721 Erie Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio: This display sold 1056 bottles of Welch Grape Juice in six days.* Display for Welch’s Grape Juice and Latonia Club Ginger Ale. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

*The Dixie Terminal Food Shop, 321 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio: This photo shows the Mass Display and entire store trimmed.* Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

This is the same Kroger Grocery people (kroger.com) we have now but back in the 1930s when they were a much smaller Ohio grocery store chain. The same Piggly Wiggly, too.

When I grow up I want to act in community theatre with the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society of Alberta, Canada. 1920s images from an Alberta archive.

Photographic still of the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society’s rendition of the Edwardian musical comedy “Floradora” which includes tambourines and gauzy costumes. In the Back row, left to right, are: Gertrude Burton, Margie Roxborough, and Jean Harper. Middle row, left to right, are: Channis Irwin, Mary Schutte, and Myrtle Purdy. Front row, left to right, are: Phyllis Clements and Nita Herbert. The production was on stage at the Empress Theatre, December 6-8, 1923, and included a chorus of over 100 voices, 16-piece orchestra of live musicians, and tickets were on sale for $1.50 – or 50 cents for a matinee! Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. December 6, 2023 image. Photographer not given. From a scrapbook in the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Collections. Accession #0065-0004. Fair use license. The photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. via Esplanade Arts and Heritage @**medhatesplanade** on Instagram. Taken from their Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/medhatesplanade/p/DR2dM22j4yX/

*Chris Robertson in “A Country Girl,” from a 1921 production staged by the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society*, *Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.* Photographer not given. From a scrapbook in the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Collections. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0521.0040. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=1&ps=20

*A man and two women dressed in oriental costume for the play “San Toy”. The man is probably Chris (Robertson) MacDonald.* No exact date but ca. 1920. Still from a production staged by the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. From a scrapbook in the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Collections. Cooke Studio, Medicine Hat, photographers. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0521.0040. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=1&ps=20

Six young women dressed for their parts as “peasant” girls in the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society production “Chimes of Normandy” which took place at the Empress Theatre December 31, 1920 and January 1, 1921. Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Photographer not given. From a scrapbook in the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Collections. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0521.0028. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=2&ps=20

*Unidentified young woman in oriental dress holding a fan – production in Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society of ‘San Toy.’ Character undetermined. ca. 1920.* Still from a production staged by the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Cooke Studio, Medicine Hat, photographers. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0521.0005. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=2&ps=20

View of the entire cast in costume of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” on stage at the Empress Theatre in Medicine Hat for its December 17th and 19th 1914 production by the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. E. G. Macdonald, photographer for Royal Studios. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0525.0256. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=3&ps=20

*Myrtle Purdy, in a theatrical costume from the play “Florodora,” put on by Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Albert*a, Canada, on December 6-8, 1923. Gainsborough Studio, Medicine Hat, photographers. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0065.0003 Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=3&ps=20

Christmas gardens. Little gardens set up under the Christmas tree. No we didn’t have one but they are mighty pretty. These are all from an American archive but they had them in other places and countries, too.

*Christmas garden with tree and train. Set up under the Christmas tree: A mounted photograph of a tree and toy train in a Christmas garden*. ca. 1900. exact location not given but in a Maryland archive. H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Center for History and Culture https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/christmas-garden-with-tree-and-train/

*A Christmas garden most likely made by the photographer, Van Buren Davis. The garden includes a decorated Christmas tree along with tracks for a toy train.* Photograph, ca. 1910. exact location not given but in a Maryland archive. H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Center for History and Culture https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/christmas-garden/

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*Christmas, West Arlington, Maryland USA: Unidentified child with Christmas tree and toys.* 1900. Photographer unknown. Photographic print in the Clara Lips Album, Special Collections Department, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Center for History and Culture https://www.mdhistory.org/electrifying-and-animating-marylands-christmas-gardens/

*Children and Christmas Tree: Three children pose in front of a shop display with a Christmas tree and a train garden.* December 28, 1944 photograph. Location not given but part of a collection created by the Hughes Studio who were Baltimore Maryland based commercial photographers. Herbert E. Wilhelm, listed as a contributor, may have been the photographer. His name is located in the description for this item within the finding aid. Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Center for History and Culture. https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/children-and-christmas-tree/

Off to school in my mother’s time but not my mother’s school. No she went to Hastings on Hudson (New York) High School but might have liked the Howard Seminary seen here better. Lots of sports. Mom would have liked that, she was on swim team.

*Six equestriennes on horseback in front of Drury Hall, Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. ca. 1947. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3057

*Celebratory meal in Drury Hall dining room, Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. ca. 1947. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3035

*Ten female students involved in Christmas Nativity pageant.* *Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. ca. 1947. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3020

*Dale Hinkley being crowned Prom Queen and two female students.* *Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. ca. 1947. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3021

*Eight female students in Drury Hall dorm room in two separate games of cards.* *Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. ca. 1947. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3032

Two female students in Drury Hall single dorm room. *Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. ca. 1947. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:dr26z111h

*Ping pong table in Drury Hall basement. Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. 1954 image. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:dr26z106n

*Princess Sculpture: Ten female students with two snow sculptures of a man proposing to a woman. Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. 1953 image. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:dr26z1043

*Prom Queen and attendants dancing with escorts. Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. Image ca. 1954. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3023

*Four female students working on yearbook.* *Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. 1952 image. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3012

*Tennis game: Four female students playing tennis on east side of Seminary building*. *Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. 1952 image. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3008

*Craft Class. Five female students in craft class.* *Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. Image ca. 1947. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3013

Packard Hall artroom with four female students drawing. *Howard Seminary for Women, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA*. Image ca. 1954. Photographer not given. West Bridgewater Public Library’s Howard Seminary for Women photographs. via Digital Commonwealth. https://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/3042

The Howard Seminary for Women was a private school for girls. It opened in the 1890s and closed in 1957, from what I am finding. My own mother attended a public high school and then went to a women’s college. I went to a boarding school for girls that must have been like the Howard Seminary that reworked itself as Walnut Hill School for the Arts soon after I graduated.

Spending the day at the Brookline Massachusetts public bathhouse which was built in 1897 and torn down in the mid 1950s. Built in an era when many apartments didn’t come with bathtubs or showers. Many cities and towns had one. The park down the hill from me had one, too.

*Brookline Public Bath House, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA: Brookline Public Bath House on Tappan Street that opened January 1, 1897 and was designed by F. Joseph Untersee.* Black and white photograph/postcard that I think is part of a pack of views of the bath house or views of Brookline. Undated, after 1897-ca. 1910. Rotograph Company, New York City and Germany, publisher. Cc0 License. Collections of the Brookline Public Library. via https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:6t053t43t

*Young woman drying her hair (I think), Brookline Public Bath House, Tappan Street, Brookline, Massachusetts USA.* Undated, after 1897 – 1910 when the hemlines started to change. Photograph. Cc0 License. Collections of the Brookline Public Library. via https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:sq87f9293

Library/study hall. *Brookline Public Bath House, Tappan Street, Brookline, Massachusetts USA.* Undated image, after 1897 and before 1956. Cc0 License. Collections of the Brookline Public Library. via https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:sq87f9072

*Municipal Gymnasium, Brookline.* *Brookline Public Bath House, Tappan Street, Brookline, Massachusetts USA.* Undated image, after 1897 and before 1956. Photograph. Cc0 License. Collections of the Brookline Public Library. via https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:sq87f923f

*Boys’ showers. Brookline Public Bath House, Tappan Street, Brookline, Massachusetts USA.* Undated image, after 1897 and before 1956. Photograph. Cc0 License. Collections of the Brookline Public Library. via https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:sq87f903z

Main entrance. *Brookline Public Bath House, Tappan Street, Brookline, Massachusetts USA.* September 1956 image, shot just before the bath house was torn down. Cc0 License. Collections of the Brookline Public Library. via https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:sq87f921w

*Swimming pool.* *Brookline Public Bath House, Tappan Street, Brookline, Massachusetts USA.* September 1956 image, shot just before the bath house was torn down. Cc0 License. Collections of the Brookline Public Library. via https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:sq87f9179

Torn down and a new pool built, but also by then most apartments came with bathtubs with bathtubs and showers so the need was not the same.