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A tough-looking group and their Essex sedan somewhere in Northern California in 1929. From a box of negatives found in a thrift store. View full size.
Pretty sure the guy on the right is a biker. The boots, pants and belt all look like motorcycle apparel. He's not smiling because he doesn't want to show us the bugs in his teeth.
If you ever wore hand-me-downs, as I did, if the shirt (or in this case, the sweater) was a bit too big, you'd roll up the sleeves. Sometimes doing this was given a bit of class by calling it French cuffs.
Look at the little girls shoulders and see how big the sweater is on her.
Little girl has the popular flapper bob and short dress (although hemlines were going back down). All she needs is a cigarette to complete the look of a flapper in training. Unfortunately, flapperdom died out along with prosperity after the 1929 stock market crash.
The sweater folded up into a cuff at the bottom. I've seen this a couple of other places.
[It was pretty common to see in the 50s; in fact, I did it. -tterrace]
reminds me very much of the late actor Richard Jaeckel.
and cars were cars ... and so were women and children!
Out of order. Again.
With an attitude. No more mister nice guy.
After a couple of weeks on a glorious camping vacation the bloom will be off the rose.
It looks like Ma Barker and the boys.
What are you lookin' at ?
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