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Anything Goes - Celebrating the 20s

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ciarradactyl: tyrannosaurpaddock: owlectomy: Mug shots from 1920s Australia Fay Watson was arrested in 1928 for possession of cocaine. She was fined 10 pounds. Oh these are great Sure, she was arrested for cocaine possession…BUT LOOK AT HER FABULOUS HAIR. One thing I love about this collection is the indication of how “ordinary” people dressed (even if many are from what the 19th century would have called the “dangerous classes”). I love the fact that she’s wearing tango shoes (demonstrating they did continue this far into the 20s), has a knotted rope of opera length pearls (some people dispute they were worn knotted in the 20s) and her hairstyle, which is indicative of a type of bob we don’t often see depicted.
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ciarradactyl:

tyrannosaurpaddock:

owlectomy:

Mug shots from 1920s Australia

Fay Watson was arrested in 1928 for possession of cocaine. She was fined 10 pounds.

Oh these are great

Sure, she was arrested for cocaine possession…
BUT LOOK AT HER FABULOUS HAIR.

One thing I love about this collection is the indication of how “ordinary” people dressed (even if many are from what the 19th century would have called the “dangerous classes”). I love the fact that she’s wearing tango shoes (demonstrating they did continue this far into the 20s), has a knotted rope of opera length pearls (some people dispute they were worn knotted in the 20s) and her hairstyle, which is indicative of a type of bob we don’t often see depicted.

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