Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Esther Bubley

She was active in the Washington, DC area during World War II.

 Glen Echo, Maryland. Servicemen and girls at the amusement park, 1943
  
 Little boy listening to a solo on the trumpet by Henry "Hot lips" Levine 
at a concert by the U.S. Army band in front of the Capitol, 1943
  
 Miss Kathryne Lister, a switching clerk at the 
Western Union telegraph office, Washington, DC, 1943
  
 Mrs. Eva Poovey working with pneumatic tubes from 
which telegrams are taken at the Western Union telegraph office, 1943
  
 Pasting up a telegram at the Western Union telegraph office, Washington, DC, 1943
  
 Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bureau. 
Transmission of weather data by teletype to military and civilian war centers, 1943
  
 Two corporals and their girls at a party. Washington, DC, 1943
  
 Washington, D.C. A girl in the King's Court section, 1943
  
 Washington, D.C. Dancing to the music of a juke box 
at the Walsh Club for federal employees, 1943
  
 Washington, D.C. Jitterbugs at an Elk's Club dance, the "cleanest dance in town", 1943
  
 Washington, D.C. Jitterbugs at an Elk's Club dance, the "cleanest dance in town", 1943
  
 Washington, D.C. Jitterbugs at an Elk's Club dance, the "cleanest dance in town", 1943
  
 Washington, D.C. Jitterbugs at an Elk's Club dance, the "cleanest dance in town", 1943
  
Washington, D.C. Listening to the orchestra at an Elk's Club dance, 1943

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Georgetown College

Georgetown College is a small private religious college in Georgetown, Kentucky. These glimpses of life at GC are from Lafayette Studio.

 Georgetown College, women playing ping-pong, 1946
  
 Georgetown College, women playing ping-pong, 1948
  
 Georgetown College dorm room, 1946
  
 Georgetown College library,  students gathered around the periodicals section, 1948
  
 Georgetown College queens, 1944
  
 Georgetown College student group, 1944
  
 Georgetown College, Future Teachers of America, 1946
 
 Georgetown College, girl standing in room, 1948
  
 Georgetown College, girls standing in bedroom, 1948
  
 Georgetown College, group playing shuffleboard, 1948
  
 Georgetown College, Independent Women, 1946
 
 Georgetown College, three Asian women dressed in kimonos, 1949
  
 Georgetown College, woman bowling, 1946
  
 Georgetown College, women at Yeager Hall, 1948
  
Georgetown College, women in pajamas, Kappa Delta, 1948

Sunday, March 2, 2014

University of Kentucky

From the photo archives of the University of Kentucky.

 2 women sitting at a table reading, ca. 1904
  
 4 women sitting together, possibly in a dorm room in Patterson Hall, ca. 1904
  
 Group of women sitting around a table playing music, ca. 1904
  
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
  
 All graduating students of Fayette County grammar schools 
with Nannie Faulconer at the Fayette County Court House, 1913
  
 A Bluegrass stripper, Weil's Farm, 1919
  
 Brownies enjoying Girl Scout Day at Mt. Brilliant Farm. July 1947
  
 At a strike at the Rosemont Garden plant of General Electric, women are holding picket signs protesting for higher pay and union recognition in March 1948
  
 A student gets fitted for a dress, 1955
  
A man reads to three children from a pamphlet called "Why Go Broke", 1955

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Russell Lee

 Delta County, Colorado. Hay stack and automobiles of peach pickers, 1940
  
 Main Street, Cascade, Idaho, 1941
  
 Street corner, Dillon, Montana, 1942
  
Summer of 1941