All 1950s Blog Posts
One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock rock,
Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock rock.
Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock rock,
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight.
Rock Around The Clock, 1954 | Bill Haley
Brighton High School Majorettes (1950s)
Mamie Allen | Brighton High School, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1950s. Miss Cole (Possible first name: Jean, Jessie or Dorothy) Brighton Hight School Majorette, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1953-1956.
Lela Gaye Wright, circa 1950
Lela Gaye Wright, circa 1950 We haven't seen many professional portraits of majorettes sitting on the floor.
Sandra Cartwright (nee Sale), Kilgore HS Majorette
Sandra Cartwright (nee Sale), was a majorette with the Kilgore High School Band, Kilgore, Texas, 1956. She was born in 1938 and died in December 2023, at the age of 85. Click here to view more hand-colored photographs of majorettes.
Monta Smith, University of Oklahoma Fire Twirler (1952)
Happy World Baton Twirling Day! Here are some pictures of the late Monta Jeanne Gayhart (nee Smith) a collegiate twirler who was featured in the October 24, 1952 issue of LIFE Magazine. Gayhart was the University of Oklahoma "band twirler." Gayhart was born in 1932...
McKees Rocks Majorette Elizabeth Vracec, 1956
Elizabeth Vracec Riedel was a majorette at McKee Rocks High School, Pennsylvania, 1956. During the 1950s, the school had more than a dozen majorettes. In August, a family member donated her uniform to the McKee Rocks Historical Society. It was in perfect condition...
Hammonton H.S. Majorette Claire Reynolds, 1951
Claire Reynolds Warrick (Claire Reynolds) (1933-2021) was the high-stepping head majorette at Hammonton High School, Hammonton, New Jersey, in 1951, her senior year. She joined the band her freshman year as a majorette. One of the highlights of her experience was...
Joyce Rice, National Baton Twirling Champion, 1959
Tossing Above Silo Joyce Rice grew up on her family's farm in Greenfield, Iowa, where she practiced tossing her baton higher than the silos. According to an article in the Creston News at the age of 17, she was named the "best baton twirler in the world", after...
Winters Blizzards Baton Twirler, 1952
Patsy Bedford Kaufman was a Winters Blizzards Baton Twirler in 1952. This was reportedly the first year the twirlers wore these short costumes, which featured fur trim. Winters is located south of Abilene, Texas and northeast of San Angelo, Texas, so I bet the costume...
Langston University Majorettes
February is Black History Month! Follow along as we share a whole new collection of historic images of Black twirlers and majorettes. Here are some pictures we've discovered of Langston University majorettes and twirlers. Langston is Oklahoma's only historically black...
1950s Baton Twirling Friends: “Me, Barb, Peg & Jackie”
A photo of baton twirling friends, 1950s: "Me, Barb, Peg & Jackie." Source: Etsy Seller I Love You More Photos
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1950s Collection
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Barbara Haddock, left, a baton twirler, and Janet McEntire, acrobat, 1953.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS | 1953
Barbara Haddock, left, a baton twirler, and Janet McEntire, an acrobat, were in the recreation department cast which presented a variety show at Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium. Seventy-one city employees with more than 25 years of service were honored. [Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)]
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