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Anything Goes - Celebrating the 20s

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Flower series by Nanni, teens…I’m identifying cherry blossoms, carnations, forget-me-nots, red roses, violets and yellow roses.

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How to wear plumes!
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How to wear plumes!

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“Fascinating. Really. Yes, make mine a Sidecar, darling.”
In Churchill’s Bar, County Hotel, Napier.
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“Fascinating. Really. Yes, make mine a Sidecar, darling.”

In Churchill’s Bar, County Hotel, Napier.

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“…and then I said to Zelda, I said Zelda, darling, Scott just can’t keep on like that, if you know what I mean…”
Flappering it up at the County Hotel, Napier, New Zealand…with Zoe, one of my boudoir dolls.
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“…and then I said to Zelda, I said Zelda, darling, Scott just can’t keep on like that, if you know what I mean…”

Flappering it up at the County Hotel, Napier, New Zealand…with Zoe, one of my boudoir dolls.

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Series of 1920s French fashion postcards in the style of the Seeberger brothers, mid-to-second half of the decade, showing fashionable day wear. I particularly like the coat-dress ensembles.

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1920s fashion - love her cheeky smile!
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1920s fashion - love her cheeky smile!

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Rather lovely bathing shoes.
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Rather lovely bathing shoes.

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littlehorrorshop:

Anita Page

(via peterjaussie)

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charlestonmuseum:

These photos from our Archives are (with a few exceptions) of unidentified women, sometimes with very general dates as we had little provenance. If you can provide any assistance in identification, we would be happy to add that information to our cataloguing!

  1. Possibly Barbara Muller Lindstedt, daughter of John D. Muller and Margueretha Agnes Wieters, circa 1925; photography by Melchers Studio.
  2. Unidentified woman wearing a dark dress, or possibly matching coat and dress, with fur trim at the collar and sleeves.  Handwritten in lower, right corner: Sincerely, H.B.P.L.  Photographer and exact date unknown.
  3. Possibly Barbara Muller Lindstedt, daughter of John D. Muller and Margueretha Agnes Wieters, circa 1920; photography by Marions Studio.
  4. Unidentified woman standing in shade near a brick wall, wearing a cloche hat.  Photographer and location unknown. (Appears to be same woman as in MK 13505 - same hat).
  5. Unidentified woman, wearing a coat and cloche hat.  She appears to be standing in front of the bridge at Magnolia Gardens.  Handwritten on the reverse: 1920.  Photographer is unknown.  (Appears to be same woman as MK 9987).
  6. Unidentified woman sitting in a vintage automobile at Magnolia Gardens.  Photographer and exact date unknown.
  7. Unidentified woman on Charlotte Street - possibly in the vicinity of 40 Charlotte.  Handwritten on reverse: by 2nd Presbyterian Ch., house on Charlotte in background, c.1920s. Photographer unknown but note his shadow in the photograph.
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