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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
Vintage photos of:
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.
The rest of the photo set
was shot by Irving Klaw.
Just an off season, I guess
Why does she have a coat if this in the summer?
Men May Work From Sun To Sun
But woman's work is never done.
I hate to admit
that I'm more interested in the architectural rendering of the house on the radiator.
It Finally Makes Sense
Now I know why the Marine Corps showed me those racy films with doctors in them.
Um
Wow! Here's to a Happy Thanksgiving that can equal this card game everyone.
Pack that camera away Arthur!
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.
Surprise!
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.
Astounding
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]
Tis the season
The beautiful human form -- one more reason to be thankful today.
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