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Skiers Basking In The Sun

Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada: c. 1956. HIgh above timbeline in the Eremite Valley of Jasper National Park, skiers take a break and bask in the warm sun while cross country skiing

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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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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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