Group photograph of an OSIA women's club. Some of the women wear matching uniform-type clothing. The words "Benevolenza Sorellanz(?) Femminile Santa Lucia" are visible on the flag.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Six women, all members of Maria Montessori Lodge #1744 in Belmont, Massachusetts, march down a city street during a parade. Three of the women women wear sashes that read "O.S.I.A.," and the three women in the back (with crowns on their head) wear sashes that read "equality," "liberty," and "fraternity." One woman also carries a torch.
Created:
1950 - 1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Several women from Regina Margherita Lodge # 1402 in Waltham, Massachusetts, "get their hair styled" by other members of the lodge. Standing, L to R: Mrs. Mary Picone; Mrs. Sue Casella; Miss Nancy Cacciatore (hairdresser); Miss Anne Smiley (hairdresser); Mrs. Anne Taranto; Miss Rosalie Graceffa (hairdresser); Mrs. Josephine Guiolamo (?); Mrs. An...
Created:
1950 - 1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A group of women with soap making and laundry utensils. Text on the back of photo written by Marie Sojka of Osage, Iowa (includes last names of potrayed women)
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Women's Auxiliary of Daugavas Vanagi - Latvian Welfare Association convention in Minnesota, U.S.A.. From left to right: Monika Jonane, Anita Haznere, Anna Tidemane, Leontine Raestas, and Nelda Baltgalvis in the library of the Latvian Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. The auxilliary volunteers raised funds to assist orphans, injured veterans of WWI...
Created:
1974
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
This collection contains photographs from the Harlem Branch (135th Street) of the YMCA. Organized in 1901 by Reverend C. T. Walker of the Mount Olive Baptist Church as the Colored Men’s Branch, this branch first started in mid-Manhattan. It was later moved to the Harlem area and its name changed in 1919 to the One Hundred-Thirty Fifth Street B...
Created:
1980 - 1989
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The newspaper caption on the back of the photo reads: "Buyers placing orders for spring clothing during the Central Cooperative, Inc. (CCI) Clothing Show were attracted by the display of feminine sportswear. Among them were, from left: Etheline Kingsley (Cromwell, Minn.); Esther Dorman (Wright, Minn.); Mary Barboni (Virginia, Minn.); Tillie Refa...
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The women's co-op guild of Superior, Wisconsin stands in front of a storefront around 1940. A man standing next to boxes of "Morton's Salt" also smiles for the photographer.
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Standing in the back row, left to right: Ellen Lahti, Martha Lepponen, Lila Isaacson, Esther Niskala, Lara Kivimaki, Florence Ranta, Laila Stone, Ellen Luopa, Aune Kettunen; Standing in the middle row, left to right: Elsie Lindfors, Stella Schley, Amelia Saari, Amelia Jokinen, Helen Luukkonen, Ina Kotchkas, Sylvia Silvola, Carol Kauppi, Lillian ...
Created:
1949
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Two older women of Asian descent stand behind a table that has plates, a tea set, a lamp, and a cooking pot. The front of the table has a small sign that reads "fried rice, 25 cents." The woman on the right wears a traditional ethnic costume.
Created:
1950 - 1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The image shows four women posed in front of a sign with the YMCA logo (Spirit, Mind, Body). Three of the women are performing a side plank; the fourth is standing under the sign.
Created:
1950?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Group portrait of member sof the Benevolenza Santa Lucia Lodge in Omaha, Nebraska. Back row, L to R: Josephine Gentille; Sarah Derrano; Josephine Vecchio; Lucia Ruma; Rosa Marino; Mrs. Oddo (?). Front row, L to R: Lucia Vitale; Lucia Manganaro; Connie Piccolo; Marianna Nanfito; Josephine La Guzza; Marianna Distefano; Carmela Milone.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Women sit and stand while another is at a chalk board with "process and valuing" written. Please contact the archives if you have more information about this photo.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Book Fair, like the Mount Sinai Ball, was a defining Auxiliary fundraiser. Hundreds of volunteers worked year-round on the sale. Books for the sale were donated by individuals, organizations and department stores. The sale itself was held at Southdale Mall in the public atrium.
Created:
1951
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
