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The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, May 17, 1936
Just jumping around from one party to another…
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The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, May 17, 1936
Just jumping around from one party to another…
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The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, October 1, 1933
Just as he’s about to sign on the dotted line a voice from inside the house says, “HENRY! Come in and shut that door!”
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The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, October 15, 1933
When doing community work, the system is to lean on the bell until they open the door – or the battery is exhausted.
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The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, September 24, 1933
Do your floors shake? Do your dishes rattle? Are your nerves all shot to pieces? – In other words, have you a little tap dancer in the home?
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The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, September 11, 1935
“Cigarette Halt”
LIFE Magazine, October 30, 1939
LIFE Magazine, October 30, 1939
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The San Bernardino County Sun, California, December 6, 1933
Clara Bow takes the Silvertown Safety Pledge, California, 1931
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The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, June 25, 1933
“’Listen’, he says, ‘I don’t care how much other women expose themselves, but I don’t want my wife to make a show of herself!’ … Isn’t that like a man!”
Deadwood Pioneer-Times, South Dakota, October 7, 1932
…what appeared by the light of the moon to be a nudist colony.
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The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, March 4, 1939
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The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, August 5, 1939
Why get a beautiful new bathing costume all soaking wet when there’s not a man worth mentioning within a dozen miles?
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The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, September 30, 1939
A Policeman’s Lot: …and when he does make an arrest the good citizens often make him feel like a hard-hearted villain.
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The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, September 30, 1939
Optimists: Some lady optimists have an abiding faith in their ability to look stunning no matter how comic the hat… and the funny part of it is… they can and they do.