Everyday Women of the Golden Era

[shazzabanazza]

A friend of mine skates in the roller derby and recently posted these on facebook. I don't think any of them are celebrities. My mother often comments on how skating was a favorite past time of hers and nearly all the kids on the block!

Lovely photos! Bring back roller skates!

 

[MJrules]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but has anyone checked out this Tumblr?

http://ofanotherfashion.tumblr.com/

It's filled with images like this (my current favorite):

 

[BettyMaraschino]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but has anyone checked out this Tumblr?

http://ofanotherfashion.tumblr.com/

That is amazing! I read through the entire thing. Very inspiring.

 

[Tuesday_Next]

Has anyone else posted the color images from The Library of Congress on Flickr? There are over 1000 color photos in their 1940s set. Lots of images of the girls working in factories.


Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Answering the nation's need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Both are employed under Civil Service in the Asse by The Library of Congress, on Flickr

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a f by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Winner at the Delta County Fair, Colorado (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in the Assembly and Repair Department, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr

 

[Tuesday_Next]

Here's a few more from the Library of Congress:


Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Washington, D.C. (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr

 

[Tuesday_Next]

I can't stop! These color photos are just amazing!


Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company enjoy a well-earned lunch period, Long Beach, Calif. Nacelle parts of a heavy bomber form the background (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress&quot heavy bomber, the A-20 ( by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif. (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr


Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.] (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr

 

[Heather]

Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy is so pretty! She reminds me of Gene Tierney. Loving these photos!

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Old family photos, from the 20s. Neither side of my family took many photos during the 1930s. Photos stop around 1930 and don't start popping up again until 1941.

lol My great grandmother always had a sourpuss in pictures lol She's cracking a little smile in the two pics above this one, though!!!!

 

[Valya]

Some family photos of mine:

My great-great uncle and his wife, taken around 1946, probably a wedding photo.

This is my great-grandmother, it was taken in 1930, when she was 18. I just love this photo of her.

My great-great-grandmother and grandfather, along with my great-grandmother (in the previous photo). Taken 1918-ish. There's no extraordinary clothing here, as they were very poor.

My great-great aunt and her family, taken in 1942.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Boston's first group of policewomen -- known as "the Flapper Squad" -- c. 1924. They weren't allowed to carry guns -- and would often subdue wrongdoers the old fashioned way, by throwing them thru plate glass windows and beating them over the head with wooden chairs.

 

[Fletch]

They look like a bunch of nuns on temporary duty. Scary Irish schoolteaching nuns. Possibly with concealed rulers.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Well, it was Boston after all.

 

[sheeplady]

They look like a bunch of nuns on temporary duty. Scary Irish schoolteaching nuns. Possibly with concealed rulers.

They look pretty scary to me too. I don't think they needed weapons, they have the glare down pat. If one of those ladies came towards me with the demeanor they have in that picture... I'd be shaking in my boots. Some tough ladies in that bunch!

 

[R.G. White]

Not exactly 'Golden Age' but here is my Grandmother in '57, right before she was married.

I hope she doesn't mind. She can be a bit finicky about me posting old pics of her on the internet. But I know you'll all respect it!

 

[R.G. White]

And my great-great Grandmother in 1913 with my great-Grandmother and her sisters. Both of which died within the next two years.

 

[cookie]

Not exactly 'Golden Age' but here is my Grandmother in '57, right before she was married.

I hope she doesn't mind. She can be a bit finicky about me posting old pics of her on the internet. But I know you'll all respect it!

My aunt had a shirt in the 50s with that type of design except that hers had fish on it...

They look like a bunch of nuns on temporary duty. Scary Irish schoolteaching nuns. Possibly with concealed rulers.

Were they sending anyone on "a mission from God"? lol lol

When you look at those Rosie the Rivetter photos you have to admire the industrial style of the women. You have to also ask yourseld did Hitler know what he was getting into by taking on the USA in war?

 

[cherry lips]

What a handsome couple! *Swoon*

My great-great uncle and his wife, taken around 1946, probably a wedding photo.

 

[Drappa]

We went to see my in-laws yesterday, and my MIL was going through pictures my husband's great aunt gave her recently. She is in a home and suffering from serious dementia, so unfortunately I have no backstory to most of the photos, nor did my MIL know who some of the people were. I took pictures of the photos on my phone, so apologies for the bad quality.
The first ones are of my husband's great aunt Bette and some of her friends

Love this one:

 

[Drappa]

My husband's grandparents on their wedding day. His grandfather died in WWII and my FIL never met his father.

 

[Drappa]

My husband's grandmother. Apparently she was a very mean-spirited woman and treated my MIL and her own son badly.

With her second husband and my FIL on the bike

My in-laws on their wedding day in 1972