We would just like to share this interesting take on social distancing from the 1930s, the Mechanafe, a 100% waiterless, mechanized cafe in Boise, Idaho. A conveyor belt would bring plates of food around to all the customers, who could grab all they want at one low all-you-can-eat price. All...
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Physical Education Classes
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week’s photos are from Women’s Recreation
Association Physical Education classes on campus. If you’re interested in learning more
about the history of Physical Education classes for women, there’s a great book
titled “Active Bodies: A History of Women’s Physical Education in
Twentieth-Century America” by Martha H. Verbrugge!
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May Day
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week’s photos are from a May Day festival held in
1928 on campus.
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Golf
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week features photos of women playing golf. According to some, Queen Mary of Scotland was the very first female golfer, playing while she was queen from 1542-1567.1 However, “the first recorded golf tournament for women only occurred on January 9, 1811…in the town of Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland for...
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Field Hockey
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week features photos of women playing field hockey on campus near Memorial Gym. “Hockey is believed to date from the earliest civilizations. The Arabs, Greeks, Persians, and Romans each had their own versions, and traces of a stick game played by the Aztec Indians of South America have been...
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Fencing
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week, we have photos of women fencing at the
University of Idaho.
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Dance
Women's Recreation Wednesday
![Folk Dance Festival [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/69-118_th.jpg)
This week we have photos from the folk-dance festivals that
were held at the University of Idaho in the 1960s, along with photos of women
doing folk dances.
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Bowling
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week, we have photos of women bowling in the 1960s.
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Basketball
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week, we have photos of women’s intramural basketball
during the 1930s and 1960s at the University of Idaho.
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Badminton
Women's Recreation Wednesday
This week, we have photos of women playing badminton, likely in the Old Memorial Gym on campus.
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