Two teenager girls wearing shorts and hats (with boat in the background) seem to be collecting shells, Frinton-on-sea, England, 1909 / src: eBay
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The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, (centre of photo)
with members of the cabinet in an jail (2nd November, 1934).
The arrest of Catalan govt officials and charging of 730 mayors has special significance with thousands of ex fascist Guardia Civil back in the streets. He was later executed by Firing Squad, on the orders of the rebel fascist coup of General Franco, on 15th October, 1940.
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
Jazz Age Silent Film Star
Mary Nolan, Ziegfeld Follies Girl, 1920′s.
A risqué jazz age portrait of the tragic star taken when she was the
reigning wild child of showgirls who danced for the Ziegfeld Follies
under the colorful ‘nom de plume’ of Imogene “Bubbles” Wilson. / souce: eBay
Jack London dressed in a dance skirt made out of human hair and coconut fiber. Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, in 1907 / source: L’oeil de la photographie
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Prince Charles looking out of the window at Buckingham Palace on the day of his mother’s, Queen Elizabeth II, coronation, 1953. | src: National Science and Media Museum
Stage and Screen Actress Lenore Ulric, 1910’s-1920’s. Vintage Fashion Vamp Photograph.
“The National Willoughby Institute” stamp in bottom margin. / src: Grapefruit Moon Gallery
Boys in an indoor swimming pool, Overbrook School for the Blind, Philadelphia, ca. 1903 / source: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library
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