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April 1941. "Couple at rollerskating rink. Southside, Chicago, Illinois." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
This is a selfie my dad made just before he left for the war in Germany around 1943 to become a photographer in the Army.
Great photobomb by the man in the middle!
And here we have an early example of the photo-bomb
Getting all googly-eyed over Al Pacino, are we?
A split second captured in time by the camera. How did life go on for these two? Did they go on together, or did they go separate ways? What careers followed? Were they fans of the Cubbies or the White Sox? How did WW II affect them? Dang, Shorpy photos get me wondering about the darndest things.
Dapper Dan is not skating tonight. He is too busy looking suave and debonair for Mata Hairy.
No roller skates.
Photobombing. Invented April 1941, at a rollerskating rink, Southside, Chicago, Illinois.
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