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Cover Girl: 1941

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 9:07pm.
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Cover Girl: 1941

"Summer 1941. Detroit, Michigan. Girls playing cards and drinking Coca-Cola." The game seems to be winding up in this series of photos by Arthur Siegel, with these two having lost their shirts. Or something like that. View full size.

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The rest of the photo set

Submitted by Papa Bear on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 2:05pm.

was shot by Irving Klaw.

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Just an off season, I guess

Submitted by young antique on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 12:09pm.

Why does she have a coat if this in the summer?

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Peeping Toms?

Submitted by Tumbleweed1954 on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 11:54am.

Pull the shades, Ladies!

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Men May Work From Sun To Sun

Submitted by Mr Mel on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 9:29am.

But woman's work is never done.

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I hate to admit

Submitted by Ice gang on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 8:09am.

that I'm more interested in the architectural rendering of the house on the radiator.

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It Finally Makes Sense

Submitted by Flatbush on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 5:18am.

Now I know why the Marine Corps showed me those racy films with doctors in them.

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More likely

Submitted by zzzZed on Thu, 11/28/2013 - 1:11am.

Rum and Coca Cola.

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Um

Submitted by Paul A on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 11:10pm.

Wow! Here's to a Happy Thanksgiving that can equal this card game everyone.

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Pack that camera away Arthur!

Submitted by Dutch on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 10:33pm.

The only thing winding up is Arthur's camera use. The game could be just starting up. A Google photo of Arthur Siegel had him with a big broad grin on his face. Something was in that Coke. The girl on the left has a stupefied look while the other has a glint of mischief in her eye. Dub our photographer as King Arthur of the card table.

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Surprise!

Submitted by Born40YearsTooLate on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 9:45pm.

A surprise for Girl Number 3? By the way, I started looking through this series on the LOC site, after the last picture was posted here. I wondered how long it would take to get to this picture.

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Astounding

Submitted by switzarch on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 9:44pm.

I wish we could find a relative of Siegel's that could shed some light on this mystery series or, better yet, reveal why the series was taken.

[Here's a guess: after the "official" shots were done, the subjects were willing, and he just went with the flow, so to speak. -tterrace]

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Tis the season

Submitted by Mark W Rummel on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 9:39pm.

The beautiful human form -- one more reason to be thankful today.

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