"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Dorothy Southby (Mrs. Sydney Southby) is fourth from left. Someone with a better knowledge of fabrics and fashion could probably correlate more of the Chester Times dress descriptions with the women in this series of photographs. Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Left to right: Unknown woman in white dress; bending women in background, Mrs. Frank Hamilton, nee Jane Ottey Baker; Mrs. Mathias Usinger, Unknown, Mrs. Harold White, Unknown, Unknown, Mrs. George T. Lewis. Someone with a better knowledge of fabrics and fashion could probably correlate more of the Chester Times descriptions with the photographs. Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Left to right: May Valentinis-Dee, Mrs. Harold White, Mrs. Frank Hamilton, nee Jane Ottey Baker; unknown; Mrs. Richard Alexander, nee Eleanor Destler. Someone with a better knowledge of fabrics and fashion could probably correlate more of the Chester Times dress descriptions with the women in this series of photographs. Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." Of this women, the newspaper wrote: "Mrs. Clifford Harriz caused a stir when she arrived in a brown flapper dress with its 11 pounds of rhinestones and beaded fringe." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518.
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." Left to right: Mrs. Mathias Usinger, at punchbowl; Mrs. Frank Hamilton, nee Jane Ottey Baker, and Mrs. George T. Lewis. Of the three women at the right, May Valentinis-Dee is at the far right. (Chester Times, June 9, 1950).
"Approximately 250 women, many of them dressed in clothes of earlier years, gathered at the clubhouse to chat, drink tea, and view arts and crafts exhibits." (Chester Times, June 9, 1950). Some of these women may have appeared later on the parade float shown in ZM-3518. Of this woman, the newspaper wrote: "A variety of periods was represented in the ensemble of May Valentinis-Dee. She wore a purple velvet gown of 1876 vintage, white silk gloves that dated back to 1880, a veil from the Gay Nineties, and she carried a Venetian fan (1900) in one hand and a white embroidered parasol (1885) in the other." See other photos of this event, ZM-3488 to ZM-3493, inclusive.
Beth Israel Congregation of Media (the local Jewish synagogue) illustrating the story of the four chaplains who died with hundreds of other soldiers in February 1943, after the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
Media VFW Ladies Auxiliary float, with a Colonial soldier watching over Betsy Ross as she sews the American flag. This float also appeared in the parade the previous day.
