Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection

Pre-Halloween party group, Central City, Colorado
October 31, 1952

"Charles Weever Cushman, amateur photographer and Indiana University alumnus, bequeathed approximately 14,500 Kodachrome color slides to his alma mater. The photographs in this collection bridge a thirty-two year span from 1938 to 1969, during which time he extensively documented the United States as well as other countries."

There are many gems here brimming with period details and suprisingly early use of color film, including this shot of a girl examining violets, young bathing beauties, a model blinking at the wrong time, hippie girls making wreaths, and a less friendly hippie.