Daily Photo — “Teenage Party, 1947”
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Teenagers at a Party, 1947 Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo by Nina Leen for the LIFE Magazine.
“LIFE reported they ‘munch doughnuts and sip cokes whenever they are not dancing with serious faces to sentimental music.'”
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Tags: daily life, entertainment, history, Oklahoma, Party, teenagers, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “At the Fair, 1942”
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Couple at the sideshow, July 1942 Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photo by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information.
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Tags: daily life, dating, entertainment, fair, history, homefront, oregon, summer, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Bathing Hour, 1908”
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The Jersey Shore circa 1908. “The bathing hour, Atlantic City.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
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Tags: 1900s, Atlantic City, daily life, history, New Jersey, summer, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “At the Drive-In, 1957”
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April 1957. “Teenage girls in car at drive-in.” From photos for the Look magazine assignment “How American Teenagers Live.”
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Tags: 1950s, daily life, history, movies, teenagers, warm-ups, writing
Daily Artwork — “Admiring the Baby, Giovanni Battista Torriglia”
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n.d. — Admiring the Baby. Oil paint on canvas. Romanticism style. Giovanni Battista Torriglia (1858-1937), Private Collection.
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Tags: analysis, art, critique, daily life, Giovanni Battista Torriglia, painting, romanticism
Daily Photo — “American Dreams, 1942”
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I always associate train sets with Christmas, and even though this photo was taken nowhere near the holiday season, I decided to use if for just that reason. There is something fun about this bedroom that makes me want to go check it out more!
June 1942. “Greenbelt, Maryland. Child’s bedroom in which a 13-year-old boy has rigged up model trains and a chemical laboratory.” Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information.
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Daily Photo — “Wide Load, 1959”
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Somehow, I think that by today’s safety standards this arrangement wouldn’t go over too well. Thank goodness for double, triple, and quad strollers!
Aug. 21, 1959, somewhere in New Zealand. “Two women with four small children in a pushchair on a city street, probably Wellington.” Evening Post newspaper photograph collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
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Tags: 1950s, analysis, children, daily life, history, New Zealand, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Girls in a Boardinghouse, 1943”
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Such a wonderful snapshot and look at a candid life moment of two girls living in a Washington D.C. boardinghouse in the middle of World War II. Checking out all the small details will definitely keep you busy for a while!
January 1943. Washington, D.C. “Girl in the doorway of her room at a boardinghouse.” With photographer Esther Bubley (or sister Enid) front and center. Medium format negative for the Office of War Information.
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Tags: 1940s, analysis, boardinghouse, daily life, history, homefront, warm-ups, women, women's history, World War II, writing, WWII
Daily Photo — “Food Truck, 1919”
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Washington, D.C., in 1919. “Street lunch vendor.” A Model T sandwich-vending machine. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
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Tags: 1910s, american history, analysis, daily life, food, history, model t, truck, urban life, us history, warm-ups, Washington DC, writing
Daily Photo — “Italian POW Cobblers in London, 1945”
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1945. “Italian POWs working in a cobbler’s shop, London POW Camp” A general scene of the cobbler’s shop at the N.144 Italian workers camp near London. These Prisoners of War are: Antoni Tolino, Pasquale Usai, Salvatore Polizzi, Giuseppe Bosco and Aldo Mora. Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer.
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Tags: Allies, Axis, daily life, England, history, Italy, London, prison, Prisoners of War, warm-ups, World War II, writing, WWII