Duchesses Social Club

Duchesses social club during a formal dance at Lakeland's hall

duchess club white gowns with sashes (Source: master photo log.xls)

Duchess Club with cake dark skirts and light tops with flower (Source: master photo log.xls)

In the 1940s and 1950s much of the organized entertainment in Lakeland was provided by social clubs. These clubs met monthly at the homes of the members. Dinners were part of the gathering and provided the host an opportunity to showcase both their cooking ability and their tableware. The Duchesses and the Counts social clubs sponsored an annual formal dance at Lakeland Hall and sometimes posed for professional photographs. The Counts appear here in formal tails and white gloves. The gentlemen are, left to right (left row) Gasson Bradford Sr., James Weems, Anderson Walls, George Walls, Charles Carroll, and Harry Braxton Sr.; (right row) Mack Allen, John Webster, William Sharps, Aubrey Corprew, Chesley Mack, and Ashby Tolson.

Duchess Social Club in 1942

This archive also holds another copy of this image from another family collection