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whataboutbobbed February 24, 2020

Chinese Spectacle – In the ‘Limehouse’ number from MGM’s all-star musical cavalcade, 1946′s Ziegfeld Follies, Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer are like two porcelain figures dancing against chinoiserie background.  The setting is […]

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whataboutbobbed January 12, 2020

Olivia de Having herself a lovely bath

Tagged 1843, 1940s, 40s, bath, bath tub, Olivia de Havilland, Princess O'Rourke, Princess O'Rourke (1943)Leave a comment
whataboutbobbed September 30, 2019

Betty Field flaps it up as Daisy Buchanan in 1949’s The Great Gatsby

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whataboutbobbed September 18, 2019

children of farm workers living at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp, Caldwell, Idaho, 1941 photo by Russell Lee

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whataboutbobbed June 3, 2019

Beech-Nut Gum girl, 1940s

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whataboutbobbed May 13, 2019

NO MEANS NO!!!

Tagged 1940, 1940s, 40s, hat, hats, I saw the sign, No Hat Craze, No Hat Trade, reading a sign, sign, womenLeave a comment
whataboutbobbed May 4, 2019

The Brutal History of Japan’s ‘Comfort Women’ Between 1932 and 1945  – Japan forced women from Korea, China and other occupied countries to become military prostitutes a Nationalist officer guarding […]

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whataboutbobbed May 1, 2019

HEY LADIES!!!

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whataboutbobbed April 26, 2019

Fay McKenzie can’t rest easy with Eddie Cantor lurking about in the revue Meet The People. photo by Herbert Gehr, 1940 Best In Peace Fay!!!

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whataboutbobbed April 22, 2019

Olivia de Havilland wins at life, but perhaps not ping pong

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