Title

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority

Preview

Photographer

Glover

Studio

Glover's Studio, 608 Second Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida

Description

A black and white image of long-time Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members, many now teachers, posing together around a candelabra which has lit candles. The woman third from the left is holding a piece of paper in one hand and a lit candle in the other. This appears to be a ceremony of some kind. They are standing in an unidentified room with plant wallpaper. At the right, students can be seen seated, watching the ceremony. The women are all wearing dresses. From left to right: D. Harris, Florence Small Roane, L. Smith, Mable Saxon, unknown, unknown, unknown, and Evelyn Sharpe.

Date

ca. 1950s

Subjects

Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Fraternities and sororities -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Dresses -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Candles -- Photographs; Teachers -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs

Number of Images

2 images

Side of Image

Front of Postcard

Repository

Bethune-Cookman University

Repository Collection

Bethune-Cookman University Photograph Collection

CFM Storyline

Education

Identifier

DP0001145

Size of Original Image

21 cm. x 25 cm.

Rights Statement

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact University Archives, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 (386) 481-2186. http://www.cookman.edu/academics/library/index.html

Digital Publisher

Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2009.

Funding source

LSTA Grant 2008-2009

Digital Reproduction Specifications

Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Kodak i200 series flatbed scanner.

Date Digitized

2009-08

Recommended Citation

"Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority" (1950). Images of Central Florida. 1433.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-images/1433