Affiliated Items
Gentlemen of Swing at Christmas dance
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Collection: Sherman and Nancy Bleakney
Description: Photograph shows 12 young men in suits playing instruments. They are seated in two rows: The front row of men are playing saxophones and the row behind them are playing trumpets and trombones. A man in the far left is leaning over the music of one of the musicians. One of the men is seated at a piano in the front right of the image. The piano has pine boughs on it. A man sits at a drum set in the…
Accession Number: 2011.006-BLE/36
Type: photograph
Christmas Dance
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Collection: Sherman and Nancy Bleakney
Description: Photograph shows a large group of young people sitting at tables. They are in formal wear. The wall behind them is decorated with garland and images. Someone dressed up as Santa Clause is standing beside one of the tables in the background and many of the people have their heads turned towards him. Reverse of the photograph is written on in ink and pencil: "See how lovely is Nancy's…
Accession Number: 2011.006-BLE/35
Type: photograph
Engineer's Ball
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Collection: Sherman and Nancy Bleakney
Description: Photograph shows 13 people sitting at tables on a gym floor. The walls are decorated with a large mural. People are in formal dress. The reverse of the photograph is written on in ink: "Engineer's Ball 1949-50 / 4 persons at / left table / Gladys Webster Nancy Tyler / George Perry Sherman Bleakney".
Accession Number: 2011.006-BLE/43
Type: photograph
Dance at Acadia
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Collection: Sherman and Nancy Bleakney
Description: Photograph shows 6 people (3 couples of men and women) standing in a hallway. The walls are partially covered in wood paneling. There is a staircase visible behind the people, and a closed door on the right. The people are in formal wear. On the reverse of the photograph is written on in ink: "Dance at Acadia 1948- '50 / period / L-R / Sherman Bleakney / Nancy Tyler / Claire Killiam /…
Accession Number: 2011.006-BLE/31
Type: photograph