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String Theory: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 10:00pm.
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Nurse and patient at Walter Reed Army Hospital circa 1918 in Washington, D.C. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Same face
Submitted by Mrs. Van Wyngarden on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 10:42pm.
this guy had the same profile than my husband at 22 age, exactly when i met him, and it's so weird that they both have the same haircut
Flirtation Weave
Submitted by Su on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 1:26pm.
I think our lovely nurse is helping the soldier learn finger weaving. I agree, there's romance in the air!
Baffling
Submitted by Tea on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 6:24am.
But what are they doing? At first I thought they were playing Cat's Cradle, but you only get tangled up with a chair if you're really bad at it. Further, I can't imagine this nurse, with her lovely starched white cuffs, has time to play games, so it must be something useful, but what?!
Golden
Submitted by Brooks on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 2:12am.
It'll take several days to finish the macrame bookmark, by which time he'll have worked up the courage to ask her on a date. She'll cock an eyebrow, roll her eyes, and before you know it, they'll be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
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