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High School Mythical: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 8:00pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "National School of Fine & Applied Arts." An interesting group of young thespians. Harris & Ewing. View full size.
Can't help but wonder...
Submitted by Emma M. on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 12:43pm.
It know it involved centaurs, Pan, and Turkish ladies, but what the heck was this play about?
The Hunt Eternal
Submitted by stanton_square on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 10:21am.
Costumes for a Mardi Gras Ball....
Washington Post, Feb 21, 1917Revel at Hunt Ball
Mardi Gras a Brilliant Close for Capital's Social Season
Washington social season went out in a blaze of glory last evening at the Mardi Gras hunt ball, in the largest ballroom of the Willard. Maids and matrons, belles and beaux disported themselves in fantastic, grotesque and antique costumes from Pan and his band to the most richly bedecked modern Turkish lady.
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At 11 o'clock the bugler sounded boldly for the clearing of the venter of the floor for the first pageant, and Pan, in the person of Mr. Milton Bryan, dashed through the hall announcing the coming of the centaurs.In this group were Miss Dorothy Dent, Miss Margaret Cutler, Miss Louise Rochon, Miss Phillips, nymphs; Miss Muriel Boyd, Miss Leah Range, Mr. F.G. Hammer, Mr. Louis Janof and Mr. Overton Colbert, centaurs. This group was given by the National School of Fine and Applied Arts, the costumes made and dyed there.
I Wonder
Submitted by Brent on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 3:14am.
Did this inspire Walt Disney in creating the "centaurettes" of "Fantasia" 30 years later?
A first
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:07am.
I believe Pan is wearing a proto do-rag!
Which?
Submitted by Bull City Boy on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 10:51pm.
Is this an example of a fine or an applied art, or maybe both?
Hooray for Captain Spaulding!
Submitted by prcrstn8 on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 10:39pm.
"Animal Crackers."
Fast Forward 100 Years...
Submitted by Sandy Coppertone on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 10:12pm.
If these kids were born 100 later what modern subculture would they belong in? Which one would shop Abercrombie? Which one would shop Hot Topic? Which one would shop thrift stores to make a political statement?
I see the centaur with the shoulder length brunette hair as a Abercrombie girl.
A friend of Ms. Orloff?
Submitted by Texcritic on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 9:53pm.
I believe the gal on our right share's the recent Ms. Orloff's taste for see-thru clothing.
That's two-thingsism
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 9:22pm.
I have the same wee little wheels on my antique vanity. I hope the centaurs' wheels don't squeak as loudly as those on my vanity.
The Bard
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 9:00pm.
Could they be performing A Midsummer Night's Dream?
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