Dana Hall School For Girls 4

The first two pictures in the column are one line, the next three the second, and the final two the bottom line.  All read left to right.  The fourth photo is labeled "Helen at Dana Hall."  Click on Dana Hall School to see more. 

Dana Hall School For Girls 3

The field hockey photo is on the top of the album page, with the three others below, reading left to right.

As I understand it, field hockey is primarily a men's sport everywhere in the world but the United States.  When I was in high school, many years ago, we only had one girl's sport, a basketball team.

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Dana Hall School For Girls 2

The first full album page from this collection.  As I noted in the first post from this lot, the individual pages, on heavy card stock, won't fit on the scanner.  For location, the large class picture is on the top of the page, the smaller images read from left to right.

So, the class of 1914 or incoming students from 1914?  I'm going to say, and it's just a guess, that 1914 refers to a graduating class.  I did a bit of research on Dana Hall School for Girls and noted that famed aviator Opal Kunz graduated in 1914.  I brought out the really good magnifying glass and thought I found her.  Then I found another student who could have been her, and then yet another Opal candidate.  In the end, I just couldn't be sure.

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Dana Hall School For Girls 1

Before I left on my short vacation, I purchased an envelope of album pages with one loose photo, all related to Dana Hall Girls School in Wellesley, Massachusetts.  The album pages are all too large to fit on my scanner, so I'll be abandoning my usual practice of showing the whole page for position, coupled with scans of each individual photograph.  This image is the one loose photo, and written on the back, "Helen Zollinger at Dana Hall."  Blow up the print, and you'll be able to see two things of interest.  Clipped to the curtain, what looks like an armband with a visible 14.  The date 1914 will show up in other images.  Whether Helen was in the incoming class of 1914 or the graduating class is the question.  Too, an Oberlin pennant can be seen just under the window.  Oberlin is a town in Ohio.  There may be other Oberlins in the United States, but that's the one I'm aware of.  So was Helen from there?  That's my assumption

A Dapper Gentleman

A well dressed gentleman, a real photo postcard, probably from the 1910's. 

The Birth of a Race

Interesting poster the man is holding.  Is it a reference to the movie Birth of a Nation, and is it a racial call to arms?  The Birth of a Nation was, after all, instrumental in the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.  Well, I threw that out as a possibility, but I also have to admit, more than likely, the poster refers to an actual car race, and the wording is probably no more than a play on what was the most popular movie of it's era. 

Written on the back, "Real wicked. Myself-Don-and The Monroe."  The Monroe Car Company was in business from 1914 to 1923 under various ownership groups and made at different locations.  The Monroe was built for speed and was the winning car in a number of races including the Indy 500.  Swiss racer Gaston Chevrolet was a fan of The Monroe and drove one to a number of victories.  Gaston's brother, Louis Chevrolet, also a racer, founded Chevrolet Motor Cars. 

Here's a fun fact, Albert Champion, another European immigrant, a track bicycle racer, founded AC Ignition systems, the maker of spark plugs.  For reasons lost to history, he and Louis Chevrolet got into a fight, and Chevrolet nearly beat the French born Albert  Champion to death. 

Things Travel

I've just got back from my first real vacation in far too many years.  I found this postcard in Panguitch, Utah.  It was never mailed, so someone from the area must have taken a trip to L.A. and brought this card back as a souvenir.

Written  on the back, "Los Angeles, Cal., 1910, Harrold Connoly, Gran ma King."  There's also a rubber stamp, "Cawston Ostrich Farm, California."  I've already posted another card from Cawston's, and it can be seen by clicking on Cawston Ostrich Farm in labels at the bottom of the post.  Hollenbeck park is in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles.  The park was named for John Edward Hollenbeck, it opened in 1892, and the land for the park was donated by his widow.