Today is the Indianapolis 500, and Purdue Twirling will be performing on the race track. Here are some wonderful historic images (negatives) of this long-standing tradition, which we discovered on an Indianapolis 500 Archive. Members of the Purdue University Marching Band make their way down the...
68 Years Ago Today Child baton twirlers march at a Democratic party campaign parade during a political rally for Adlai Stevenson, Chicago Stadium, November 3, 1956. Source: University of Chicago
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.
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 Photo Soure: McKees Rocks...
Gloria Delgado, Majorette, Fox Tech High School, San Antonio, Texas, 1956
