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Time for Finery: 1928
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 12:18pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Gold's window." The stocking truth laid bare for all to see. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Cheesecake
Submitted by jimchig on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 10:18am.
I think I'm in love with the pretend lovely in the right picture. Almost a Vargas girl in quality. I'm imagining her to have auburn hair.
[Not quite what you're looking for, but here she is as a brassy blonde. - tterrace]
Nice Metropolis reference,
Submitted by PDDET on Sun, 03/18/2012 - 10:58am.
Nice Metropolis reference, Freder. My best to Maria.
Wish stockings
Submitted by SJBill on Sun, 03/18/2012 - 8:54am.
You take two pieces of silk, and wish they had some leg, ba-wa-wa...
The pictured 20s vintage silks were available on E-Bay a few weeks ago, and they came with the much wanted Cuban heels.
der Maschinenmensch
Submitted by Lectrogeek68 on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 4:26pm.
She should have been more careful around that sneaky Rotwang!
"Dyed Any Color Free"
Submitted by Rute Boye on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 3:08pm.
This would be a great picture for someone to colorize!
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