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4-H girls' pajama Party at the 4-H summer school, 1940

Original Collection: Harriet's Collection

 

Item Number: HC0963_pajama

 

Item Description: From among the Hundreds of pairs of pajamas of every kind and color that paraded at the annual girls' pajama party at 4-H club summer school at Oregon State this year these were the tops. Because there are so many girls this year several separate parties were held. Each of the dormitories had a party and the "sorority girls" held several, with two or three houses combining for each. The best pair of store-made and the best pair of home-made p.j.'s were selected at each part. Front row, from left-- Clara Wenzel, Harney county; Patricia Geil, Clackamas; Lillian Poletich, Multomah; Jane French, Sherman; Norma Arnold, Lake; All home-made pajamas; Violet Schwab, Columbia; Virginia Ott, Coos; Daisy Wharton, Jefferson; Store-Made Pajamas. Back row, from left-- Hazel Mckay, Lincoln; Jacqueline Morton, Lane; Doris Michel, Douglas; Verna Froehlich, Marion; All home made; Geralding Peters, Wasco; Pearl Burk, Linn; Margeret Kaseberg, Marion; All store made.

 

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