Davey (or possibly “Hazelwood”) was photographed with her baton, cape and Garrison hat by Los Angeles studio photographer Dick Whittington in 1938. A client’s name on the envelope holding the black and white negative was noted “Miss Hazelwood Park.” Sounds more like...
These photos of 1940s majorettes were taken by Dick Whittington at Menard and Tabery, a home improvement store in Los Angeles. It appears they were form different schools and/or colleges and were part of a holiday promotional shoot. Source: Los Angeles County Public Library, Dick Whittington...
This image of an early majorette troop hails from Burlington, Vermont. It is undated; however, based on the uniform style including shoes and drop waist dresses, we’re guessing it was taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Each woman carries an American flag except the leader of the troop....
A beautiful image of a majorette in the snow, circa 1939. The subject is the late Lois Jane Petersen, approximatley 17-years-old. Petersen was a member of the Great Northern Drum Corps. This picture was taken in St. Paul, Minnesota. Petersen was born in 1922 and died in 2023 at the age of...
This vintage scrapbook was created by a World War II-era majorette named Martha Jean Cooper. It is currently for sale on eBay for $1,400. We did some research and discovered that Cooper was a majorette in the late 1930s and early 1940s. She marched and twirled with the Fairmount High School Band,...
Strathroy Boys and Girls Trumpet Band The Strathroy Boys and Girls Trumpet Band was formed in 1938 in Stathroy, Ontario, Canada. Ieleen Smith, who was nearly 7 feet tall, was the drum majorette. With her plume hat she was nearly 8 feet tall! SOURCE: Strathroy and District Historical...
The above photo features world champion drum majorette Betty Louise Atkinson surrounded by a group of police officers during a parade in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department sponsored the event, which took place on July 9, 1937, and drew 40,000 spectators. Photo License: Creative Commons...
The above photo was taken in 1939, and features a male baton twirler / drum major holding a female twirler above his head. They are surrounded by a half circle of majorettes. The students were members of the Nogales High School marching band, Nogales, Arizona. Nogales High School Drum and Bugle...
In the late 1930s, nine ladies and one young man posed for this picture at a twirling camp in Taylor County Texas. The Richard and Smith Libraries at Hardin-Simmons University, a private Baptist university in Abilene, donated the photo to a Texas archive. Bob Sanders was the twirling camp...
A drum majorette from Normal Community High School, Normal, Illinois, twirls a baton above her head at the homecoming football game against Pontiac Township High School, 1939. CITATION Piercy, Olin;, “Normal (IL) Community High School homecoming football game vs. Pontiac, 1939”, McLean...
Jean Ladd, Best Drum Majorette, 1939 September 28, 1939, Jean Ladd, 15, Swampscott, Massachusetts, was adjudged the Best Drum Majorette of the 1939 American Legion Convention, Chicago. She is pictured here strutting down an avenue in Chicago, giant trophy in town. Ladd remained involved in baton...
The Petersburg High School Drum Corps, Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana, 1934. From left to right: Pearl Owings, Majorette; Name Unknown; Claribell Klipsch; Name Unknown; Name Unknown; Lucille Hendrix; Name Unknown; Virginia Hendrix; Name Unknown; Name Unknown; Name Unknown; Name Unknown; Emma...
