Holyoke, Mass

Skinner Girls of Holyoke

by Laurel | February 26th, 2012

26 February 1922

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Skinner Girls of Holyoke

Left to Right: — Mrs. Lena Young (Manager), Beatrice Picard, Lena Lefebvre, Mary Wargo, Grace Racine, Lillian McVeigh, Alma Theroux (Captain), Jeannette Collins.

Amateur basketball team, in case you couldn’t tell.

From The Springfield Republican.

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Mount Holyoke College, Postcard History by Donna Albino. Many Holyoke women have attended Mount Holyoke. Author also maintains an amazing MHC website based upon her personal collection.

Holyoke-Chicopee: A Perspective, by Ella Merkel DiCarlo. DiCarlo, a former Transcript columnist offers a fascinating compilation of her essays. Published in 1982, this out-of-print book is worth looking for in the aftermarket.

Holyoke, by Craig Della Penna. The first Holyoke book in the Arcadia series, published in 1997.

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