Images from and inspired by that quaint women’s college in Northampton, Massachusetts. Run by Drew Zandonella-Stannard, class of 2006. Please don’t hesitate to ASK or SUBMIT.Tumblr (3.0; @vintagesmith)http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/<p>Hi Marina, </p> <p>My apologies for not getting back to you sooner! I’ve searched through all of my usual sources, but I haven’t been able to find any photos of this wonderful tradition! Alum photos do not often pop up on my radar, unfortunately. If I do come across something in the future, I will be sure to pass it on to you! </p> <p>Best of luck with the fundraising!</p> <p>Drew</p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/32750727724http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/32750727724Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:52:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8s6b6mGYr1r3nv66o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Julia Child at finishing school. </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/29484722385http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/29484722385Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:50:23 -0400Julia Childseven sistersArt of French CookingSmith Collegevintage<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/80ZrUI7RNfI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Smith alum Julia Child would have turned 100 today. To celebrate, PBS remixed her very best bits of wisdom. </p> <p>I must admit, this is the first time I’ve gotten teary eyed during an autotuned video. </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/29477922551http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/29477922551Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:46:27 -0400Julia ChildSmith CollegeArt of French Cookingseven sistersvintage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8s62bmFRa1r3nv66o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy 100th birthday, Julia Child! We’ll be sharing photos and videos of the honorary patron saint of this blog throughout the day, of course. In the meantime, tour her kitchen <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/juliachild/" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/29462887709http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/29462887709Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:03:47 -0400Julia ChildSmith Collegeseven sistersArt of French Cookingvintage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m732eeYuKk1r3nv66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/faberandfaber/3097029923/" target="_blank">Sylvia Plath at Smith College</a> in 1952/1953</p> <p>Submitted by Gemma L. </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/27105878496http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/27105878496Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:11:00 -0400sylvia plathSmith CollegeNorthamptonmassachusetts19521953seven sistersvintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m53k1wyHf91qcntwso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Northrop & Gillett house. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://smartchickscommune.tumblr.com/post/24873043913/northampton-massachusetts" target="_blank">smartchickscommune</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p><a href="http://nohodome.blogspot.com/2012/06/more-old-northampton-postcards.html" target="_blank">Northampton, Massachusetts</a></p> </div> </blockquote>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/24873184409http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/24873184409Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:19:51 -0400NorthamptonmassachusettsSmith Collegeseven sisters<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4h5lkPROZ1qcntwso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://smartchickscommune.tumblr.com/post/23886580417/northampton-massachusetts" target="_blank">smartchickscommune</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://nohodome.blogspot.com/2012/05/northampton-postcards-through-years.html" target="_blank">Northampton, Massachusetts</a></p> </blockquote>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23888243675http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23888243675Sun, 27 May 2012 17:58:29 -0400seven sistersSmith CollegeNorthamptonmassachusettspostcard<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4c3y7aBiY1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Boathouse on Paradise. </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23428274754http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23428274754Sun, 20 May 2012 14:42:07 -0400Smith CollegeNorthamptonmassachusettsseven sisters<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4c3mjcsTG1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Smith’s first male graduate, 1947. </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23427834098http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23427834098Sun, 20 May 2012 14:35:07 -0400Smith CollegeNorthamptonmassachusettsmencommencement<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4c2yepJV51r3nv66o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A time-lapse photo of Illumination Night, 1902. </p> <p>Source: Smith College Archives</p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23426925052http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23426925052Sun, 20 May 2012 14:20:38 -0400illumination night1902Smith Collegeseven sistersNorthamptonmassachusetts<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a8bm8pFu1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hoop rolling, 1960’s. </p> <p>From the Smith College Archives: </p> <blockquote>When the Library expanded to link Alumnae Gymnasium, and construction of the Science Center began in the early-to-mid 1960s, the hoop rolling event was relocated to the Quad. By the 1970s, hoop rolling faded away as a Commencement Week tradition.</blockquote>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23361816062http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23361816062Sat, 19 May 2012 14:21:22 -0400Smith Collegehoop rollingmassachusettsNorthampton1960'sseven sisters<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a8845eaE1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hoop rolling, 1955. </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23361700412http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23361700412Sat, 19 May 2012 14:19:16 -0400hoop rolling1955Smith CollegeNorthamptonmassachusettsseven sisters<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a85eMmMd1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hoop rolling, 1940’s.</p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23361610963http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23361610963Sat, 19 May 2012 14:17:00 -0400NorthamptonSmith Collegehoop rollingmassachusettsseven sisters1940's<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48dhnmMbI1r3nv66o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chen-Hua Yang (Wu) and Chia-Ling Changon. Ivy Day, 1948</p> <p>Source: Smith College Archives</p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23299364232http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/23299364232Fri, 18 May 2012 14:17:47 -0400Smith CollegeNorthamptonmassachusettsivy day1948<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jjw0QCgq1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/21322332685http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/21322332685Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:55:48 -0400botanical garden1950'sSmith CollegemassachusettsNorthamptonseven sisters<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jhdlvdQb1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Quad water fight! </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/21265902971http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/21265902971Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:01:46 -04001977Smith Collegeseven sistersNorthamptonmassachusettsquad<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jgo9L5zB1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption"> <blockquote>In 1922 the College’s new laundry facility opened up on State Street at the site of the Capen School. Hailed as ‘admirably equipped with modern machinery and a fire-proof building’ it still relied on human beings to get the job accomplished. This laundry worker stands in front a one of those machines in 1950.</blockquote> </div> <div class="fbPhotoPagesTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftPagesTagList"></div> <div class="pts fbPhotoLegacyTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftLegacyTagList">- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/smithcollegearchives" target="_blank">Smith College Archives</a> <div></div> </div></p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/21208442024http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/21208442024Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:00:25 -0400Smith College19221950Northamptonmassachusettsseven sisters<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jgbula9y1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span>Madeleine Newell, Class of 1903, her sister Marjorie Newell, and their father Arthur Webster Newell were traveling from the Middle East to their home in Lexington, Massachusetts on the Titanic. Madeleine and her sister survived the disaster, but their father perished in the sinking of the ship.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/smithcollegearchives" target="_blank">Smith College Archives</a></p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/21167942701http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/21167942701Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:45:30 -0400Titanic1903Smith CollegeNorthamptonmassachusettsvintageseven sisters<p>One of the most stress-inducing activities during the college career of a Smith student. I once battled five housemates for a 8x6ft room. I do not exaggerate. </p> <p><a href="http://www.smith.edu/sao/reslife/ROOMDRAW/scales.html" target="_blank">This</a> amazing page cycles through each house. View it live <a href="http://www.smith.edu/sao/reslife/ROOMDRAW/scales.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/20368431625http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/20368431625Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:42:58 -0400smith collegenorthamptonmassachusettsroom draw<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0a6upq6Da1r3nv66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>WOZQ 91.9 in Davis Center, 2002</p>http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/20303294839http://vintagesmith.tumblr.com/post/20303294839Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:49:06 -0400submission