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...
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...
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...
Helen Mae Turner, Majorette Helen and her younger brothers David and Donald, 1941. Helen Mae Turner’s memories of being a majorette for Wallace High School, Wallace Idaho, and other wonderful stories about her life are documented on a beautiful family website, Turner’s Treks. The site...
Drum Major by John Gutman, California, 1939 Majorettes in California Parade, 1939 | Photo by John Gutmann
Rita Phillips, 1939 Rita Phillips, Majorette, 1939 | Photo by William C. Greene, Photographer, World Telegram and Sun
Henrietta Gardner, Majorette, Ne-Ca-Hi, Newcastle Pennsylvania, 1939 Henrietta (Colella) Gardner, First Majorette, Ne-Ca-Hi, Newcastle Pennsylvania, 1939. Ms. Gardner was featured in a local newspaper article in November 2022 upon celebration of her 100th birthday. The article states that her four...
