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Do Not Disturb: 1917

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 11:04am.
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Circa 1917. "Gunston Hall group." Somnambulists from the Washington, D.C., girls' school. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1917. "Gunston Hall group." Somnambulists from the Washington, D.C., girls' school. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

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Performance Art in 1917

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 8:46am.

And you thought it was a modern-day concept!

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Looking closely

Submitted by Frankns on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 3:52am.

Gotta love the one shoe peeking out.

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Ladies in waiting

Submitted by jimmylee42 on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 7:28pm.

They were trying out for the part of Mary in a religous play.

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Sleepyheads

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 4:54pm.

This reminds me of a nice Bain photo of the Brox Sisters taken around the same time. Except the Brox sisters look much more chipper.

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Butterflies

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 2:54pm.

When will the cocoon hatch?

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How could their mothers

Submitted by Hypnos on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 2:50pm.

let them go off to sleep, perchance to dream, without flat-ironing those creases out first? So gauche.

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Never realized

Submitted by Anonymous Arkie on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 2:27pm.

There were nine muses. Another photo that begs for an explanation; sometimes the 1000 words need a nudge!

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Obviously

Submitted by OTY on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 12:20pm.

They are listening to political speeches. All they need are some Z's coming out of their heads. Some sheet manufacturer should use this for a commercial.

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Empathy

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 11:22am.

Know the feeling. Getting out of bed is one thing. Waking up is a different matter. As an aside, that is the prettiest bunch of girls I've seen on Shorpy. Thank you.

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