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.
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:6t053t43tYoung 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:sq87f9293Library/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:sq87f9072Municipal 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:sq87f923fBoys’ 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:sq87f903zMain 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:sq87f921wSwimming 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:sq87f9179Swimming 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:sq87f911n
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.
Coconut Grove entry at Palm Fete Parade. Miami, Florida. Image ca. 1915. American. Stamped DEVINE AND HAYES Commercial Photographers 300 Second street, MIAMI, FLORIDA on the back. Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove Records Collection, University of Miami Library Special Collections. Copyright not determined but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/79/rec/1Coconut Grove entry at Palm Fete Parade. Miami, Florida. Image ca. 1915. American. Stamped DEVINE AND HAYES Commercial Photographers 300 Second street, MIAMI, FLORIDA on the back. Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove Records Collection, University of Miami Library Special Collections. Copyright not determined but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/40/rec/2 Housekeepers Club entry at Palm Fete Parade. Miami, Florida. Image ca. 1915. American. Stamped DEVINE AND HAYES Commercial Photographers 300 Second street, MIAMI, FLORIDA on the back with “Housekeepers Club car loaned by Mr. Commers for the officers; Miss Flora McFarlane President, Mrs. Clinkenbeard Vice-President, Mrs. Wade Secretary Mrs. Commers Treasurer. At the Parade in Miami Florida, January 12th 1915 First prize” written on the back. The Housekeepers Club is the original name of the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove. Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove Records Collection, University of Miami Library Special Collections. Copyright not determined but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/22/rec/3Mrs. D.T. Davis and Lillian Justison for Coconut Grove entry in Palm Fete Parade. Miami, Florida. Image ca. 1915. American. Stamped DEVINE AND HAYES Commercial Photographers 300 Second street, MIAMI, FLORIDA with “Back seat. Mrs. D.T. Davis, Mrs. Dr Justison Sc. Driver Harold Dr B. Justison, Mrs. Lillian Justison 1915″ written on the back. Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove Records Collection, University of Miami Library Special Collections. Copyright not determined but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0400/id/105/rec/4
Eventually the Palm Fete went away; it appears it was the forerunner of the Orange Bowl parade.
La Fiesta de las Flores 1907: A flower-covered float shaped like a sailing ship is part of the La Fiesta de las Flores parade. Behind the float is the entrance for Bullocks department store. Los Angeles, California. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA. 1907. American. Silver albumen print. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Copyright not determined. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M5M#full-artwork-detailsLa Fiesta de las Flores 1907: Parade marchers dressed in costume in front of the California Furniture Company building. Los Angeles, California. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA. 1907. American. Silver albumen print. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Copyright not determined. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M5NLa Fiesta de las Flores 1907: Marchers in the La Fiesta de las Flores parade move past the front of the California Furniture Company as the crowd looks on.. Los Angeles, California. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA. 1907. American. Silver albumen print. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Copyright not determined. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M5PLa Fiesta de las Flores, Los Angeles, California. Man, two women, one child pose in flower-decorated crank steering, single tube tire automobile entry in the 1901 Fiesta de las Flores. Frank L. Park and Company, photographers. Stamped on the back: Santa Fe Route News Service, Fred Harvey, Manager Los Angeles. Collections of the California State Library. https://csl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990013843890205115&context=L&vid=01CSL_INST:CSLMildred Howell Lewis, winner of the 1896 Fiesta de las Flores of Los Angeles: Mildred Howell Lewis was crowned queen of the third Los Angeles Fiesta de las Flores in 1896, but lost the medal that went along with the honor, until it was discovered recently by two blacksmiths shifting through ash heaps recently in Santa Ana and it was returned to her. This photograph was published in an April 9, 1936 newspaper story that ran in the Los Angeles Times, with the newspaper caption reading: Mrs. Mildred Howell Lewis is shown above as reigning queen of the third Los Angeles Fiesta de las Flores forty years ago, and on the right as she appears now. A medal awarded her as Fiesta Queen in 1896 was found in a Santa Ana ash heap and returned to her. Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, University of South California, Los Angeles Library Special Collections. Cc0 license 4.0. via https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002j78t416th Street School Students: Group portrait of young girls dressed for the La Fiesta in 1894. Los Angeles, California. Photographer not given. Security Pacific National Bank Collection, TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/94173
Nell visiting near Seattle 1906: A woman sitting by a fireplace, staring into the flames. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA ca. 1902-1911. American. Gelatin silver print. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M22Swimming. Nell visiting near Seattle 1906. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA ca. 1902-1911. American. Gelatin silver print. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M23#full-artwork-detailsNell Cole petting a deer: Nell visiting near Seattle 1906. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA ca. 1902-1911. American. Gelatin silver print. Under copyright. Collections of the Getty Museum. Copyright not determined. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M24#full-artwork-detailsPets; Alberta and Kenneth and Warren: Child petting a cat, with an older woman in the background. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA ca. 1902-1911. American. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1906. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M27#full-artwork-detailsC.C. Chandler’s Children and Grandchildren 1905:Two little girls with pointed party hats on; one holds an American flag in her hand. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA ca. 1902-1911. American. Gelatin silver print. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M2A#full-artwork-detailsC.C. Chandler’s Children and Grandchildren 1905: Two girls holding flags. Presumably photographed on the same day, and also on the 4th of July. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA ca. 1902-1911. American. Gelatin silver print. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M2D#full-artwork-detailsC.C. Chandler’s Children and Grandchildren 1905: Women at the beach. California. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA. American. Gelatin silver print. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M2F#full-artwork-detailsGroup portrait of bathers at Catalina Harbor. California. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA. American. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1906. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M35#full-artwork-detailsYoung girl on tricycle, holding flag. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA. American. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1902-1911. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M4J#full-artwork-detailsTwo women standing in a meadow with armloads of flowers. California. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA. American. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1907. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M6X#full-artwork-detailsA group of school children holding American flags outside Tropico Grammar School. Glendale California USA. From a family photo album kept by Edward and Flora Weston, mostly in Tropico (now south Glendale), Los Angeles County. California USA. American. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1906. Photographer not given. Collections of the Getty Museum. Under copyright. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104M7G#full-artwork-details
Coronet Ball debutantes – Los Angeles: Glamour and glory are all theirs for this one night at least, as the excited Coronet Ball debutantes, in white dresses and 18-button gloves, line up before the coming-out ceremony. American. James Ruebsamen, photographer. Published in the Herald-Examiner newspaper on February 3, 1985. Herald-Examiner Collection, TESSA, the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/28371/rec/1Debutantes prepare for Coronet Ball: to be presented – Among the 32 young women who will be presented to Southland society at the Coronet Debutante Ball are from left, Susan Knaggs, Judith Kent, Joyce Canaday, Adrienne Meehan and Randalla Richardson. American. Photographer not given but photographed for the Valley Times newspaper where it was published on November 7, 1960. Valley Times Photograph Collection, TESSA, the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/66447/rec/2Coronet Ball debutantes: Dolled-up debutantes, top, cluster in nervous groups to await their presentation Saturday at the 38th annual Coronet Debutante Ball. The traditional blast was held at the Beverly Hilton, and a whopping 37 debs celebrated their coming out. Their dapper escorts ditched the highfalutin togs after midnight and all watoosied until 3 in the morning. American. Photographed for the Herald-Examiner newspaper where it was published on December 2, 1986. Herald-Examiner Collection, TESSA, the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/28370/rec/4Coronet tea announces 32: Coronet dreaming – Holding replica of symbolic coronet and dreaming of November’s presentation ball are five Valley 1960 Coronet Debutantes of National Charity League of Los Angeles, Misses Randalla Richardson, Joyce Meehan, Joyce Canaday, Judith Kent and Susan Knaggs, from left. Names were announced at afternoon Bel-Air tea yesterday. American. Photographer not given but photographed for the Valley Times newspaper where it was published on August 31, 1960. Valley Times Photograph Collection, TESSA, the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/66446/rec/8