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Meet Miss Vroom: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 10:28am.
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UPDATE: the photo now has a caption.
May 25, 1923. Miss Grace Gloria Ahr, chosen to be the modern emulator of Cleopatra in the "Congress of the Seas" during Shrine Week.
From the other end of the forgotten-Washington spectrum comes this unlabeled Harris & Ewing plate from around 1920. 4x5 glass negative. View full size.
I want to know
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 10:13pm.
Make, year and model of the car, who made her hat, who designed her clothes, the name of the jeweler that sold her the bracelet, who did her hair, her name, date of birth, date of death, husband's name, how many kids and all their names.
Location, location
Submitted by sstucky on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 4:42pm.
Is that the State, War, and Navy Building in the background?
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