Ohio State University students with their automobile outside the White House, August 23rd - 1922

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Looking like they came straight out of a VOGUE magazine!

When I first posted this photo online I had no idea who they could be. I wish I knew who these women were and what was the reason they called upon the White House for. Their Model T Ford had Ohio number plates and by looking at their outfits it’s possible they made a voyage across the states in their car. I researched for some hours but came up empty handed so I figured maybe a bigger crowd has better luck finding something. Luckily Mark Joubert on my Facebook Page managed to find plenty information about these ladies! From his comment on FB:

The five girls in the picture are, left to right, Elizabeth Marshall, Florence Ames, Mary Wiandt, Catherine Bowler, Charlotte Schuster.

Several of them were students at Ohio State University in 1922. Marashall was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma society there at OSU.

Together they chipped in and purchased a cheap touring car (a 'flivver," what we might call a "beater" today) and decided to take a tour of the East. They drove from Columbus on August 18th and expected to be back by Labor Day. Along with Washington D.C., they also stopped in Philadelphia, Atlantic City, and New York. While in D.C. they called on President Harding and received a tour from Mrs. Harding. They were all members together at the Girls Athletic Club of Columbus.

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