I so remember our Flashdance TG. We all cut up our shirts that week, grabbed our bandanas and dug out our denim skirts.

Don't forget the leg warmers!

FOUND some pictures - but stupid scanner isn't working . ARRRGGHH!

You bumped and got us excited for nothing? Wahhh!

:p

;) building anticipation . . . and also bumping so when I get it fixed I can find the stupid thread!

http://www.tcnj.edu/~magazine/07Fall..._23-v1_001.jpg
Members of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity in an early 1970s [The College of New Jersey]

http://www.iit.edu/alumni/updates/ye...ity%201924.jpg
Illinois Institute of Technology 1920s

http://www.adphicornell.org/adphicor...-PARTY-3-8.jpg
Alpha Delta Phi [Cornell] House Party 1948

http://www.adphicornell.org/adphicor...EAT-HALL-8.jpg
[Cornell] Alpha Delta Phi 1970s House Party

They are so cool. :)

I LOVE the dresses. Have some of those styles in my closet.

I prefer the 1948 dresses. I cracked up when I saw the white Gunny Sax style dress on the girl in the left middle part of the 70s picture.

Don't be hatin' on Gunnie Sax - if I can get it scanned, you'll get to see one I rocked in the 80s!

eta - and aren't you glad I bumped it? Great pictures, TSteven!

I had a friend who only wore Gunnie Sax or those Prairie-style dresses. We use to laugh because she wore the most conservative clothes but was the biggest sleaze-bag.

I'm loving the Burt Reynolds look-a-like kissing the girl's cheek in what looks like the dead center of the 70's picture.

These are some amazing photos! History is happening everyday...

Leave it the PMAs to have a cello at a campsite. haha.

That looks like a double bass to me.

Look in the left hand corner - see it? :)

See, the double bass I could kind of understand. It has a camp-y kind of feel to it.

But, the cello....COME ON.

Oh, now I see the cello!

It's interesting that there are 3 guys and only 2 girls....Those Chi O girls you know... ;):D

Perhaps the third sister is taking the picture. :)

Question for anyone who might venture a guess...why is it that in the pictures from the late 1800s early 1900s, the women look so different from women today?

I think part of it is nutrition, meaning, we have better nutrition so we look healthier. But, it's more than that. They have totally different facial structures and such.

All those years of breeding with fraternity men? :cool:

That's true....Good point :) [Reply to TSteven]

Gamma Phi Beta
Alpha Zeta Chapter - The University of Texas at Austin
Charter Members 1922

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...az1922comp.jpg

NPC Sorority Chaperones 1922
The University of Texas at Austin
They look pretty serious to me. I wonder if they scared off many fraternity men! :D

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...erones1922.jpg

One difference is that we smile in pictures today. A century ago, not so much, which will definitely alter facial structure. Smiling generally makes you look healthier.

What violetpretty said about smiling could definitely be part of it, but the difference could also be partly due to the hairstyles. Hair frames a face and can downplay or accentuate features (both good and not so good), creating illusions in some cases. Many of the hairstyles from 100+ years ago make the women look older than they actually are, for example.

Another reason for the difference could be that 100 years or so ago, women generally didn't go out in the sun, and now, many women not only go in the sun, they also use tanning beds or do the fake bake. A tan traditionally has given the impression of being healthy and athletic -- or, in the 40s, that you were wealthy enough to enjoy a vacation in a nice, warm place. ;)

I love the Chaperones!

I think NOW a tan gives a healthy athletic impression---before your skin turns to leather. (Ok, I'm showing my bias:p. I like my dark hair and fair skin!) A tan was definitely not in style 100 years ago. The idea was that if you are fair, it's because you are wealthy enough to not have to work outside (probably moreso in the agriculturally driven South than an factory driven North). I always thought it wasn't until the 1960s that tans became fashionable. You don't need to be able to afford a vacation in a warm place to get a tan...just go outside and let your skin cook.

I don't think it's so much the lack of a tan that makes women look different, but the lack of makeup. I think it wasn't until the 1920s that it was acceptable for everyday women to wear makeup, and even then, it was mostly the younger "rebellious" flappers. Before then, only "ladies of the night" wore makeup and the connotation of makeup was as such.

I'm with you there, actually. People who tan exchange a "healthy glow" for premature aging. I've never been one to lay out -- was always the ghostly one in college photos -- but my skin is in good shape, and I don't really look my age. In fact, when I was helping out with initiation a couple of months ago, one of the NMs asked me if I was an active at another school. Considering that I was in college when these girls were born, I was *very* flattered!

The make-up is a very, very good point!

Way back when, they had to use very long exposure times...so smiles were hard to hold! That's why so often it seems that people are scowling or look sad/stoic/forlorn in photos-- they had to hold their faces very still or the photos would come out blurry. We all know those cheek cramps from holding smiles too long!

I'm also trying to scan post some of my mom's photos from the 70's that I dug up today, hopefully I'll figure it out soon.

So my mom doesn't know I dug these up, but they are awesome, definitely retro, and pretty funny, all from University of Florida:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...dom/pammom.jpg

That's my mom and her best friend! It's not the best photo because they look a little silly squinting in the sun. Zeta and AOII were both houses they preffed, but then they just clicked with different people at each chapter. Their houses were back-to-back and shared a backyard though :) They are at my mom's house, maybe on school break or something. I think they were heading to the beach or going to lay out, evidenced by the towels and radio :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...DerbyDays2.jpg

This is from Derby Days (note the hats, and Sigma Chi banner in the background), maybe like 1973? Not sure how reliable the dates on the photos are, though. My mom's boyfriend was Sigma Chi, so she has a lot of photos of Sigma Chi stuff. This brother is apparently in drag...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...byDaysdrag.jpg

I find this hilarious. Even his nails are painted! :eek:
(I guess it really is 73, evidenced by the derby in the background)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...bydaysline.jpg

More Derby Days. I LOVE seeing all the letter jerseys together! They're a little hard to see on here, but on the original, I can make out Sigma Chi, AOII, KD, and ADPi.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../AOIIdecor.jpg

I'm guessing this is before a football game. Too bad we can't read the banner! The platinum blonde Gator chick on the swing over the door kills me. The date on the back of this says 1977.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...AOIIdecor2.jpg

On the left it says "98 lb. weakling," with what appears to be an emaciated tiger...I guess they were playing LSU or Auburn. I think the banner said something about "...in the ring..." so I'm guessing there's a Gator and Tiger off to the left battling it out in the ring.
ETA: or maybe it's a wildcat for Kentucky?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...AOIIrolled.jpg

Not sure who these two are... but it looks like the front yard got rolled!

Cool pics tangelo!! :)

Great pics Tangelo!

Side note: The AOII house looks pretty much the same still at FL!

Love them! Thanks for the post.

i love the pics Tangelo! But is your mom a ZTA or an AOII?

Great picture!

Ladies...Ladies...Why do women look so different now? Yes...nutrition. Yes...photographic improvement and as a gift from southern California: plastic surgery, orthodonture, dermatologists, contact lenses, and the ability to know your best angle.

Especially with the pursed lips there on the bottom left, and the disapproving sidelong glance of the lady next to her!

She's your sister! An AOII :)
She is much prettier when not squinting!