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The Little Foxes: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 5:49am.
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Carnegie Playground, Fifth Avenue, New York. Circa 1910. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
Heartbreaker
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 8:22pm.
The girl in the centre, wearing white -- you know that it was her destiny to break heart after heart.
Flaplings
Submitted by Lauren on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 12:16am.
How many of these girls do you suppose became flappers? I love trying to guess.
I see two boys
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 05/29/2007 - 1:44pm.
One on the far left swing, one sharing the very middle swing
Now that's a swing set.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 3:21pm.
That is some serious timber. And those hooks! Clearly, the Carnegie Playground was maintained by the longshoremen's union.
Where are all the boys?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 1:04pm.
Where are all the boys?
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