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House Sitter: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 9:56am.
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Update: This is the west side of Blagden Alley. Details in the comments here. "City rowhouses, 1923." Another view of back-alley Washington, D.C., and its long-forgotten habitues. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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The King and His Castle: 1956
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 10:11pm.
Elvis Presley, at the love-me-tender age of 21 in 1956, at the house he bought for himself and his parents at 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis. Cadillacs and Harley sold separately. 35mm negative by Phillip Harrington. View full size.
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Scarf Chic: 1952
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 7:57pm.
June 20, 1952. "Scarves by Vera, 417 Fifth Avenue, interior. Marcel Breuer, architect." Our second look at the atelier of this minimalist modiste. Oh, and: scarves! Large-format acetate negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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Vera Neumann: 1952
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 4:19pm.
June 20, 1952. "Scarves by Vera, 417 Fifth Avenue, New York. Vera at door. Marcel Breuer, architect." If you hope to see some actual scarves here, you are hopelessly unsophisticated. Photo by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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Whistler's Brother: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 1:59pm.
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1936. High Point, North Carolina. "Housing. Bedroom in company-owned home of workers in Highland Cotton Mills. This is one of the best there." Who are the glamor girls on the wall? Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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On a Lighter Note: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 1:06pm.
The Metropolitan Opera contralto Louise Homer with husband Sidney and their brood circa 1919, sunnier but moldier than when we last saw them. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Homer at Home: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 5:42am.
New York circa 1919. "Homer." The Metropolitan Opera contralto Louise Homer, aunt of Samuel Barber, and five of her six children with the composer Sidney Homer. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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