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February Photo Caption Contest

February 03, 2025

Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management Students at Restaurant Show, 1976 Old photos provide a glimpse into fashion trends of the past. This month’s caption contest photo was taken at a restaurant management industry show in 1976, where students were decked out in their finest threads.

With all the plastic in their attire, no wonder the U.S. was vulnerable to the OPEC oil embargo! The picture also shows that photobombing predates smartphones.

Caption the scene for a chance to win a prize from the judges at Special Collections and Archives.

The judges congratulate Josie Gingrich for January’s winning caption, “In her spare time, Ethel enjoyed knitting and hacking the mainframe.”
Woman with computer in Medical Research Computing Center 1965 UA24-000829n