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• "Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)

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  • 74 comments
  • 774 favorites
  • 351,683 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a33920, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, circus, performance, vaudeville, youngwomen, costumes, unimpressed, rutland, vermont, rutlandvt, woman, women, tuxedo, hair, sitting, three, jackdelano, fsa, costume, carnie, entertainment, hairstyle, girlie, show, vintage, apparel, satin, applique, nonplussed, rolledhair, vermontstatefair, dancers, bighair, beauty, beautiful, youth, young, girls, pink, silver, shine, girlieshow, cootchshow, performers, 1941, forties, jack, delano, fsaowi, bracelet, ring, pincurls, fingerwave, perm, permanent, 1940s, retro, rutlandcounty, entertainers, colorslide, emcee, femaleentertainers, sympathy, expression, expressions, deadpan, sequins, lipstick, pancake, makeup, 40s
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• Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex. (LOC)

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  • 43 comments
  • 488 favorites
  • 159,580 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34242, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, parachute, whitesuit, instructor, student, students, meachamfield, fortworth, texas, man, men, white, coats, lcusf35279, pilots, wwii, wind, air, 1942, flighttraining, parachuting, training, airplanes, airfield, war, silk, united, states, america, arthurrothstein, science, jumpsuits, group, round, inflated, groundhandling, vintageparachute, greysuit, reserve, reserveparachute, skydive, skydiver, earlyskydiving, skydiving, uniforms, pulling, billowing, people, seven, 7, standing, fulllength, planes, aviões, branco, sete, fallschirm, strings, sky, ground, face, hands, helpful, peoples, surroundings, aerodynamics, louissébastienlenormand, roundparachute, retro, earlyelvisimpersonator, rothstein, arthur, 19151985
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• 6000 girls at Sokol Sports at Prague, Austria (LOC)

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  • 4 comments
  • 7 favorites
  • 25,065 views
  • Date taken: 1912
  • Date uploaded: 2008-07-18
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain11569, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, crow, bw, prague, sokol, letná, slet, crowd, blackwhite, old, vintage, retro, people, fitness, exercise, sports, woman, hugegroup
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• May Day '13, strikers in Union Square (LOC)

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  • 6 comments
  • 28 favorites
  • 24,833 views
  • Date taken: 1913
  • Date uploaded: 2009-02-20
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain12864, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, unionsquare, barbersstrike, 1913, strike, rally, mayday, plackard, hebrew, italian, labor, hats, protest, unions, mayday1913, placard, squares, laborstrikes, strikes, strikers, organizedlabor, barberstrikes, barbersstrikes, newyorkcity, newyork, ny, nyc, laborsigns, bainnewsservice, crowds, immigrants, bowlers, black, white, vintage, retro, angry, mob, wages, unrest, yiddish, jacksonbuilding, 17thstreet, 17thst
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• Madeleine Force Astor (LOC)

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  • 2 comments
  • 41 favorites
  • 16,928 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-24
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain12213, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, glassnegative, vintagephoto, astor, madeleineastor, fashion, hair, portrait, side, headband, young, pretty, old, vintage, retro, sad, bainnewsservice, madeleineforceastor, titanic
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• Marie L. Freese (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 18 favorites
  • 11,472 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-17
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain12155, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, marielfreese, retro, hairstyle, rose, lace, woman, portrait, pearls, 1910s, eyebrows, sad, photography, head, 30s, mother, white, rich, stoic, classic, mouth, nose
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• Curtiss "Flying Boat" (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 7 favorites
  • 11,387 views
  • Date taken: 1912
  • Date uploaded: 2008-07-18
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain11555, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, flyingboat, coolestthingever, glennhcurtiss, hammondsportny, fingerlakes, keukalake, aviation, plane, curtis, air, fly, flying, blackwhite, old, vintage, retro, curtiss, curtissflyingboat, curtissaeroplanecompany, aircraft, airplane, biplane, curtisshydroplane
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• Edw. Gardner (LOC)

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  • 4 comments
  • 11 favorites
  • 11,137 views
  • Date taken: 1912
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain10137, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, 1912, surname, gardner, pool, billiards, edwardgardner, shootingpool, 1910s, ball, table, white, hair, chair, retro
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• [Manager Charles "Red" Dooin, Philadelphia NL (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • 0 comments
  • 1 favorite
  • 5,613 views
  • Date taken: 1912
  • Date uploaded: 2008-08-22
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain11764, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, dooin, philadelphia, baseball, catch, stadium, retro, mitt, player, man, charlesreddooin, reddooin, pologrounds, nationalleague, nl, philadelphiaphillies, phillies
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• Belgian peasants showing pass to sentries (LOC)

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  • 0 comments
  • 3 favorites
  • 3,710 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2012-03-09
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain18414, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, retro
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