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- US Navy Dancer
- ... have great legs and she did a lot of USO work.
Edit: Miss Lee is still alive and still performing! If only she would visit Shorpy ... Makes me think of a cruise to a warm water port in Latin America. The Texas carried President Coolidge to Cuba in 1928 for the Pan ... Posted by Steeve GALLIZIA - 04/21/2012 - 7:19am -
- Laura and Inga: 1922
- ... as the Marquise D'Antin. She joined the Girl Scouts of America, attended the Friends School in 1918, then Vassar in 1921, had her ... One society page photo includes both Laura Byrn and Miss Emily Dial (daughter of Senator Nathaniel Dial and a Shorpy favorite). In ... Posted by Dave - 01/05/2012 - 10:10am -
- Dixie Chicken: 1941
- ... beautiful platter with pretty accessories. After all, the Miss America contestants don't just roll out of bed and show up in hair rollers, ... Posted by Dave - 04/15/2016 - 3:21pm -
- Götterdämmerung: 1942
- ... The exhibit focuses on the people who insured that America's WWII railroad supply lines ran efficiently and at full capacity. ... art or a fan of mid-20th century railroading, don't miss this exhibit. It runs through the end of January 2016.
(The Gallery, ... Posted by Dave - 07/27/2015 - 12:51pm -
- Stripes and Solids: 1905
- ... though one pair of grandparents rarely missed the Miss America Pageant, which originated at Atlantic City and remained there until it ... Posted by Dave - 07/19/2012 - 12:55pm -
- Space Ranger: 1953
- ... right by the bulk candy bins and popcorn popper. How I miss Woolworth.
The most awesome ride ever! There is a video of this ... window that mentions a "Boardwalk Parade" is for the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City? It seems to feature a tiara on a cushion.
... Posted by Born Too Late - 06/08/2013 - 10:28am -
- Carnegie Steel: 1905
- ... experience Wow!, what a photo. My grandfather came to America from Croatia, alone, age 18, in 1914. His first job was unloading steel ... is one evening scene in Pittsburgh which no visitor should miss. Owing to the abruptness of the hill behind the town, there is a street ... Posted by Dave - 07/01/2014 - 2:47pm -
- Galaxy of Beauty: 1919
- ... wore a blue and orange jumper, blue cap and orange tights. Miss Dot Buckley, 1250 Tenth street northwest, received honorable mention in ... would be to print the cell# and email address of Miss America! But I imagine they had a much tighter leash on the crackpots and loony ... Posted by Dave - 04/13/2017 - 10:44am -
- Dis-covered: 1902
- Circa 1902. "Miss K. Weston." Head and shoulders above the rest. 5x7 inch glass negative ...
Her expression speaks volumes. To be a woman in America at the dawn of the 20th century? Pure magic.
Possibly an actress A Miss Kate Weston lived in DC in 1900, and one later showed up in an array of ... Posted by Dave - 08/18/2019 - 2:25pm -
- Ruth Malcolmson (Colorized): 1924
- I saw this photo of 1924's Miss Philadelphia/Miss America Ruth Malcolmson on Shorpy and just had to see what it looked like ... Posted by beatles9091 - 11/04/2010 - 8:32am -
- Elfin Agnes: 1905
- ... Fleming opened their dress shop at 2120 Florida Ave. NW. Miss Shands assumed full control of the business in the early 1960s, then in ...
Miss Shands had been a member of the Colonial Dames of America and the Sulgrave Club.
She leaves no immediate survivors.
A ... Posted by Dave - 01/27/2017 - 10:50am -
- Gift Horse: 1925
- ... The General presented six ponies while he was in South America." Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
I believe ... Commission. He will be buried at his home, Yazoo City, Miss.
Major Quekemeyer, a graduate of West Point in the class of 1906 and ... Posted by Dave - 06/17/2014 - 9:59am -
- Under the Hood: 1943
- June 1943. "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Miss Frances Heisler, a garage attendant at one of the Atlantic Refining ... View full size.
A cutie No wonder postwar America had a baby boom!
Would have been very pleased to have had her ... Posted by Dave - 03/26/2014 - 9:59am -
- On the Boardwalk
- ... etc. Once when I was there a few years before (1962) a Miss America contest was going on and people were not quite so covered up. Still, ... Posted by adamgilson - 05/15/2015 - 10:55am -
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