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1962, Seattle, Washington, USA --- An 11-year-old girl bends light waves on the Hartl Disc inside the US Junior Laboratory of Science Pavilion at the World's Fair. This pavilion allows children to interact and gain knowledge of complicated science facts. --- Image by © Ted Spiegel/CORBIS
The FJ Holden, 1954.
No strings attached: Berlei girdles, 1954.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, circa 1905. "West Hotel." Busy both architecturally and commercially. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.
…aaaaaand Monkees!
Tags: 1900s, 1950s, 1960s, advertising, automobiles, hotels, LGBT, Minneapolis, music, protest, queer, sexuality, television, The Monkees, women's bodies, World Fairs
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Audre Lorde (1934-1992), ca. early 1940s, as a Roman Catholic schoolgirl, dressed for her First Communion.
September 1939. "Liquor store in Gateway District, Minneapolis." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sees off a group of Freedom Riders as they board a bus for Jackson, Miss., on May 24, 1961.
Spelman College graduation.
July 1940. Berrien County, Michigan. "Migrant mother of family from Arkansas in roadside camp of cherry pickers." Our second look at the lady seen here last week. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon.
Tags: 1940s, 1960s, advertising, Audre Lorde, Civil Rights Movement, education, feminism, Freedom Riders, Minneapolis, MLK, politics, repr, Tina Fey, women's bodies, women's voices