Costumed children in Gorton parking lot

Photograph

History Center of Lake Forest - Lake Bluff

The playgrounds in costume

Name/Title

Costumed children in Gorton parking lot

Entry/Object ID

2010.10.21

Description

About 35 unidentified kids ages 4-10 dressed in different costumes, cowboy hats, sailor outfits, Hawaiian leis, baseball uniforms, clown outfits, etc. They appear to be posing in the parking lot at the Gorton Community Center. Barbara Lundy Vaughan front row 5th from right. Back row, two of the tallest: David Julian and Sharon Nielsen Critz. Dieter Lenz left end in his lederhosen! Doug Brown 1st row..far right in baseball uniform. Michael Platt standing behind him in sailor suit/navy outfit. Joel Shields next to Doug Brown Back row looks like Tucky Requa Fourth from the right, middle row, is Dawn Minorini (with bangs and a dark top) Marnie Johnson 3rd from the right in the front row First row third from the right is Diane Bailey Nelson Mark Inman second row far left Marcia Graff in the middle (tall) Gerhardt Heinrichs on left end back Baseball player front row second from right - Bruce Johnson; to left of Bruce I think is photographer Scottie Baillie's daughter; Bride front row center - Sheila Johnson; wide hat lady next to bride - Ryan Julian's sister (why can't I remember her name?); Standing bride - Laurie Arquilla, peeking behind Laurie, Dave Johnson; Tall boy in back row - Dave Julian. Madge Rodgers Mutchler: "I see Cindy Rose sitting in the front row with a white bow in her hair. I believe the dark cape girl with the glasses will be Jill Julian and that is me, I think as Calamity Jane...only because of the butchered bangs....I see the Johnson twins David and Bruce...I think the peasant girl with the scarf on her head is Randi Alman (SP)...taken at the south end of the parking lot....I see the little white sign of the lady who taught piano, I think, and the Dunne's lived up the drive way.....The year has to be either 1955 or 1956" Bruce sitting first row in uniform all the way to the right....David back row....dark hair peeking out behind the little girl in white with flowers in her hair

Made/Created

Date made

1955 - 1956

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects