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Match Point: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 12:37pm.
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October 1943. Washington, D.C. A Woodrow Wilson High School student waiting to use the tennis court. View full size. Photograph by Esther Bubley.
Older Then
Submitted by renaissanceman on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 8:49pm.
People looked so much older then for their "age." She looks 30 at the youngest to me.
Stylish
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 12:39pm.
Very stylish! Love the shades and the argyle sweater, not to mention the ragtop in the background. She looks like she's getting through the war years without too much deprivation.
Woodrow Wilson
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 1:21pm.
That's where my wife went to school in the 1980s. She wore the same type of sweater.
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