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Cramming for Finals
Submitted by Mattie on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 11:13pm.
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Three studious college boys who seem to have more than enough apples between them. Written on the back: "Chas. Morey, Chas. Young, and Max." View full size.
Studious lad
Submitted by treplovski on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 5:49am.
That turtlenecked young fellow to the right who's so focused on his studies looks like he could have been one of J.C. Leyendecker's models for Collier's or the Post.
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Submitted by tterrace on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 2:32am.
Actually, it's Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley working on Salome, but P.G. Wodehouse is having nothing to do with it.
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