Polish actress Pola Negri in Three Sinners, 1928. Directed by Rowland V. Lee. / src: Dr. Macro’s movie scans
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Tag: people reading
Woman lying down on rug, TV set on, reading a book. Tallahassee, Florida, December 2, 1959 / via mudwerks
Young woman, head on pillow, lying down on porch, reading a book, vintage snapshot, no date. / source: eBay via gerda-kay
At Radcliffe Anne Sullivan spelled millions of words into Helen Keller’s hands and helped her look up words in French, Latin, and German dictionaries. When Braille books weren’t available, Anne often Brailled them. Helen graduated cum laude. As she mounted the steps at graduation to get her degree, Anne Sullivan went with her hand in hand. As one girl said, ‘Radcliffe should also have given Miss Sullivan a degree.’ / src: digital commonwealth
Cecil Beaton :: Carmen Dell’Orefice reading at age 15, 1946 / via mudwerks
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Emil Otto Hoppé :: Hyde Park Lunch Time, London, 1933
/ src: E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection
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