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Description
Carolyn Mussig and Barbara Ripley clean up after a grease fire in the Houghton Hall kitchen, Westbrook Junior College, Portland, Maine, in this candid black and white snapshot taken, March 4, 1956. Carolyn and Barbara are "scrubbing the kitchen ceiling, removing grease left when an impromptu attempt at making French Fries led to overheated fat. Luckily, the kitchen was visible across lots from a nearby fire station, whose crew had spotted the smoke before an annoyance became a calamity."
Houghton Hall was the cooperative dormitory and time had to be made for housework as well as homework.
Media
Black and white photograph
Creation Date
3-4-1956
Size of Original
3 3/8 inches x 3 3/8 inches
Notes
Gift of Joyce K. Bibber, graduate of Westbrook Junior College, Class of 1956.
Preferred Citation
Bibber, Joyce K.,"Carolyn Mussig and Barbara Ripley, Westbrook Junior College, 1956" (1956). University of New England, Westbrook College History Collection. https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_students1950s/36
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