*Stranger at the Door*
Salted Print - One Kindred Spirit
Glass-Plate Negative - James Smith circa 1920
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A woman swings her jitterbug partner by the legs during a Salvation Army benefit dance marathon in Los Angeles. December 12, 1939 Los Angeles, California, USA. Photo by Los Angeles Daily News
source 1, source 2
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Jacob Merkelbach, Portrait of a Woman in a Red Dress, 1920
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Empress Maria Feodorovna's dresses (or Minnie's closet)
I have already published a post with some of Minnie's dresses. But Minnie was a fashionista. She loved to dress well, and she had to. After all, she was the face of the monarchy in Russia since Alexander III was less visible to the public than she was. She did a great public relations job and made sure she had the tools...dresses by the latest French designers, shoes, hats, fans, and a lot of jewelry. It seems that Sacha did not mind the huge bills.
So I went looking in her closet and pulled out a few outfits to share with you...there are capes, mourning attire, and visiting/dinner/day dresses. I did not get any ballgowns. I will next time. (gcl)
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Highkey obsessed with the man whose family I'm researching for an exhibit, and his clear joie de vivre in almost all the pictures of him that we have. He's just a happy lil guy.
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Early New Zealand
(Harley Davidson)
Silver Print - One Kindred Spirit
Glass-Plate Negative - James Smith circa 1920
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Robert Walrond, Gaillardias, 1918, autochrome
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Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and her dog
I mentioned that Alexandra had a little dog and just wanted to produce some evidence possibly indicating that. So there you go...on the top picture, she is hugging and kissing the little creature. Looking hard, I noticed that a little dog appears in the periphery of some of her photographs; that seems to be Alix's dog. Her name was Eira, and she was a Scotty (she does not look like a Scotty to me but that is what I read.) No primary sources here...all I can offer you is Pinterest and Anna Vyruboba's book "Memories of the Russian Court."
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