Young Woman Gallery

Pictured at Biggin Hill id the team of five men and one girl, a 20 year old secretary

Pictured at Biggin Hill id the team of five men and one girl, a 20 year old secretary, who are embarking on the most dangerous journey on earth - the 1000 mile trip down the Blue Nile. The team, led by Captain Bill Sutton (extremem left) is Chris Loxton, 36 of Middlesex, Alex Low, a photographer of Hampstead, Tom Stacey, 39, author and publisher of Stonegate, Sussex, Roger Burrows, 40, a former piolt, of Shepherds Bush, London and attractive Jocelyn Etherington.On the extreme right is 20 year old June Baker of Farnham, surrey, who is to go as far as Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, where she will be radio contact with the expedition. The two month expedition, costing £7000 starts at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and ends at Khartoum in the Sudan.
1 March 1968

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Study of a Head for The Bower Meadow, 1872 (black chalk)

659777 Study of a Head for The Bower Meadow, 1872 (black chalk) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 39.2x31.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Study of a Head for The Bower Meadow'. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882). Black chalk. 39.2 x 31.5cm. A study of the model Alexa Wilding, for the right hand figure in the foreground of The Bower Meadow picture of 1872, now in the Manchester Art Gallery.); Photo A© Christie's Images; English, out of copyright

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Fewer Falsies For Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio: July, 1949. X-ray testing for tuberculosis in six cities has revealed that the women of Cleveland use less synthetic torso curves than those of any of the other cities. This Cleveland native is examining a pair of the chest projectors that she doesn't need, while Seattle is indignant over the charge that the women there wear more falsies than anywhere else

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