Women's History Month continues with young women after World War II.
Caption on the back: Off to Girls State in Sacramento! In the back row: Louise Presotto, Balboa High, Elsie Queckboenner, Mission; Vilma Kennedy, Galileo; Barbara West, Girls and Jean Barbara Flaherty, Abraham Lincoln. Front Row: Joan Storie, Lowell; Marilyn Thompson, Lowell; Shirley Helmke, George Washington; Carol Elain Fudge, Polytechnic, and Jane Maich, Commerce.
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The question of the time would be: when they were not at Girls State in Sacramento and at home in San Francisco, how were they wearing their bobby sox?! Below is a series of three pictures called "Suzi Shoots Some Sox Talk" that depict some possibilities.
1. Fully extended socklets mean: "Poor little me. I have no steady boy friend."
2. Suzi's hosiery, folded once downward, says: "Keep off the grass, brother. My heart belongs to Daddy."
3. Tight rolls imply: "Hi there, bub! I'm an available gal."
Caption on the back of the photos: Suzi Crandall, of Warner Bros.' romantic comedy, That Way With Women, demonstrates the romantic sox language, as practiced and approved by the Bobby Soxers of America.
[Box PxS 58 - Folder: Youth]
Bobby-Soxers were the trend in the mid to late 1940s. These young women confirmed a generational change and represented a new segment on the consumer market. Here's a quick read on the significance of bobby-soxers in consumer culture.
Images and captions from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue are courtesy of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library.
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The San Francisco Public Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection comes from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue. However, the morgue also includes statewide, national, and international subjects and people that have not been digitized or cataloged. When researchers order scans from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue,selections are cataloged and added to the online database.
Looking for a historical photograph of San Francisco? Try our online database first. Not there? Come visit us at the Photo Desk of the San Francisco History Center, located on the sixth floor at the Main Library. The Photo Desk hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. You may also request photographs from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue.
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| San Francisco girls off to Girls State in Sacramento, June 17, 1947 |
[Box PxS 58 - Folder: Youth]
The question of the time would be: when they were not at Girls State in Sacramento and at home in San Francisco, how were they wearing their bobby sox?! Below is a series of three pictures called "Suzi Shoots Some Sox Talk" that depict some possibilities.
1. Fully extended socklets mean: "Poor little me. I have no steady boy friend."
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| Suzi Crandall demonstrates romantic sox language pose #1, September 1946 |
2. Suzi's hosiery, folded once downward, says: "Keep off the grass, brother. My heart belongs to Daddy."
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| Suzi Crandall demonstrates romantic sox language pose #2, September 1946 |
3. Tight rolls imply: "Hi there, bub! I'm an available gal."
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| Suzi Crandall demonstrates romantic sox language pose #3, September 1946 |
[Box PxS 58 - Folder: Youth]
Bobby-Soxers were the trend in the mid to late 1940s. These young women confirmed a generational change and represented a new segment on the consumer market. Here's a quick read on the significance of bobby-soxers in consumer culture.
Images and captions from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue are courtesy of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library.
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The San Francisco Public Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection comes from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue. However, the morgue also includes statewide, national, and international subjects and people that have not been digitized or cataloged. When researchers order scans from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue,selections are cataloged and added to the online database.
Looking for a historical photograph of San Francisco? Try our online database first. Not there? Come visit us at the Photo Desk of the San Francisco History Center, located on the sixth floor at the Main Library. The Photo Desk hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. You may also request photographs from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue.
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