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Marie Bard, the model for the 1930 Red Cross poster and US postage stamp

New York, New York: 1929. Marie Bard, 22, who is the model for the 1930 Red Cross poster and US postage stamp illustrated by artist Lawrence Wilbur. She doesn't smoke, doesn't stay up late, and cooks and cleans for her mother, a pharmacist, and her father, a coffee and tea importer, in Astoria, Queens

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Sweeping The Empire State Bldg

New York, New York: c. 1931. A workman sweeping the highest sidewalk in the world, the 81st story of the Empire State Building, the world's tallest building, to the top of which the greatest dirigible 'Los Angeles' will attempt to moor. This photo was made 1, 248 feet above street level

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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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