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Vintage Costume Gallery 1980s
Jester-Style Majorette Costume
Vintage Costume Gallery 1970s
Vintage Costume Gallery 1960s
Vintage Costume Gallery 1950s
1950s Majorette Costume
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Vintage Costume Gallery 1940s
Blog Posts Highlighting Vintage Costumes
Eastern Kentucky University Majorette Marches in Christmas Parade, 1970s
An unidentified Eastern Kentucky University majorette marches in a Christmas parade, 1970s. We love the old fur-trimmed majorette costumes, which have remained popular over the years. Click here to see a few more via past posts.
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...
Tarboro Majorettes at Christmastime
Milton Steele Brown (1884-1967) moved to Edgecombe County, North Carolina in 1912, to build a Coca-Cola bottling plant. An avid photographer, he photographed many subjects throughout the county between 1912 and the late 1950s. Many of his pictures feature Tarboro...
Pastel Rainbow of Baton Twirlers (1974)
How glorious is this stairstepped pastel rainbow of baton twirlers? Honestly, some of the faces in this photo look very familiar. We're pretty sure at least two of these twirlers are still around, coaching and judging. If you're in this photo let us know! Pastel...
Little Majorette (1950s)
This is such a sweet collection of black and white photos of a little majorette and her trophies. The car in one of the photos and style of photography indicate that the photos were taken during the 1950s. Also, the little girl's hairstyle was popular in the late...
Majorettes in Plaid (1971)
These beautiful images are from 35mm slides of junior high twirlers / majorettes in plaid skirts. They were taken in the fall of 1971, a time when photography was really suffering. In fact, these are some of the finest majorette photos we've come across from the...
1970s Black Majorette (Professional Portrait)
This photo features a Black majorette from the 1970s. The identity of the twirler is not known. Her costume, like many still today, drew strong inspiration from military uniforms. Features include a stand up collar, double row of buttons and cording styled similar to...
The Whirlwinds of Walla Walla, Washington, 1962
Vintage Ephemera
Baton twirling ephemera refers to things like programs, posters, patches, stickers, magazines, newsletters, and other things typically written or printed that were used for a specific period of time.
A rare find: Bicentennial majorette medal.
Majorette Memories
We welcome high-quality scans of your vintage baton twirling ephemera. You can also receive items through the mail. We’ll digitally preserve your memories in high-quality scans. Thank you so much for supporting this project.
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Rare Merchandise
Once or twice a year we will offer a commemorative item or rare keepsake for sale such as a sticker, patch, pin or T-shirt, etc. All proceeds will help offset the cost of this project, which includes the cost to acquire rare and/or copyrighted materials.
We will typically offer merchandise on World Baton Twirling Day, April 10, which is also the the official launch day for The Vintage Twirler. Please sign up for updates below so you don’t miss our annoucement. Thank you so much for your interest in this project.