On the back of this card posted in 1918, a young woman from Smith College writes, “This crowd is like it was this p.m. at our swimming meet… I won third place in standing on our heads underwater.”
YWCA
Ivy
The Helen Hughes Chapel with ivy, photo by Richard Dean.
New Construction
Newly constructed classrooms, and the vegetable fields in the foreground
Classrooms, Two Views
Spooky
It may be the color, or it may be the tree, but this is one of the spookiest pictures of Overlook I’ve ever seen.
Packed
Fell in the Lake
In June of 1936, Martha wrote home, “Arrived ever so safely and happily. Fell in the lake first thing with traveling clothes on. Ripped dress. Am now sewing 3 small holes in it. Will take it to tailor tomorrow who will press for $.40. Joined choir. Good dinner. Please send (Pronto!!!!) bathing suit. $2.98 Rosenbaum’s 1st floor or Gorton’s basement. You see I have already tested water. Will appreciate all mail.” And in light pencil, “Please send brown leather belt too.” As for the card, I really enjoy the man on the bench in the foreground.
Poster Stamp
A 1932 Silver Bay poster stamp, a.k.a. “cinderella” stamp.
Diving
Forgive me if I’ve posted this one by Jesse Sumner Wooley before, but I love the diver’s form, the spectators, and Wooley’s timing.
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