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The price of a 1941 phone call- Ouch!
I was searching through some newspaper archives, and found this little bit of price pain. http://newspaperarchive.com/racine-journal-times/1941-11-28/page-11 It seems that a young navy officer was talking to his soon to be ex-wife. She wanted a divorce, he didn't, but they apparently had a very...- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Besame Lipstick sampler available
I know some of y'all like Besame. If you're interested, they now have their 6 lipstick sampler available. http://www.besamecosmetics.com/products.cfm/Sampler-Sets/pID-19- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: Beauty
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Newly discovered color photos from inside Hitler’s private home
Apologies if this has been posted before. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/newly-discovered-color-photos-inside-hitler-private-home-163857939.html The pics are from the late 30s/early 40s.- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: WWII
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Found WWII Japanese and Dutch submarines
Just saw that two WWII sunken submarines have been located: Divers find Dutch WWII submarine off Borneo after 70 years http://news.yahoo.com/divers-dutch-wwii-submarine-off-borneo-70-years-164010963.html and Japanese WWII submarine found off Papua New Guinea...- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: WWII
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Color and B/W Photo Exhibit of Washingto, D.C.: 1942
There is a photo exhibit running at the American University through Dec 14th, of the work of Louise Rosskam. As has been said many time before, it all looks more contemporary in color. The article and the accompanying photo galley at the Washington Post...- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Manhattan Trade School for Girls: Report Cards from the 1920s and the stories...
The author of this piece found a batch of report cards, that to say the least, were very descriptive of the students' strengths and weaknesses. I found it interesting as a "average girl in New York" view. The effort the school went to in keeping their graduates employed, especially during the...- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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New Vintage Perfume ad- sort of
A perfume from Penhaligon "Juniper Sling" has a 20'ish ad- which is actually not too bad. http://youtu.be/vBeA-vnm1Nk- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: Beauty
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Nashville- Vintage Hairstyling Workshop with Lisa Freemont Street- August 27th 2-4 PM
Bartenders. My apologies if this is inappropriate. I am in no way associated with the workshop, except that I watch her tutorials religiously :) If you feel it should be removed (especially since there is a fee involved), I completely understand. I also wasn't sure if it went here or in Events...- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: Beauty
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Military Fakes- sometimes you just have to share the joke...
I'm quite sure the first person to illegitimately claim military service was some guy who claimed to be a Spartan who survived the Battle of Thermopylae. Be that as it may, there is a long and inglorious history of this kind of behavior, and I suspect that as each generation of veterans ages...- Bluebird Marsha
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
