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Theta Pi Pastels: 1910

Colorized from this Shorpy original: Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Theta Pi girls." 8x10 inch glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.

Colorized from this Shorpy original: Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Theta Pi girls." 8x10 inch glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.

Eastern High School !

The Washington Post - Washington, D.C.
Date: Mar 29, 1931

Eastern Theta Pi Alumni Meet for Spring Luncheon

"The Alumni Chapter of the Theta Pi Sorority of Eastern High School held their spring luncheon meeting at the Shoreham Hotel yesterday. The gathering took place in the hotel's palm court, with an afternoon of bridge following the luncheon. About 40 alumni and their guests were present."

No perma press!

Those are gorgeous blouses, and skirts, but I'd sure hate to have to iron them!

Be Still My Heart!

That is an impressive display of Edwardian pulchritude, fetchingly enhanced by skillful "polychromizing."

One wonders what the item being held by the woman in the front row might be: is it a very large teacup or a very small chamber pot?

Shirtwaists 11 - dresses 3

Shirtwaists were winning the battle in women's fashions at the turn of the last century.

The following year (1911), some of he girls who made those shirtwaists (aka "blouses") would die in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire.

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