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Père Lachaise - Paris, France

“Dancer Jean Rai demonstrating the Black Bottom Blues, the latest dance craze from America at the Lido club in the Champs-Élysées.” 1925 From L’Esprit Swing.

- Marc Jacobs (via marcjacobs)

I love this guy xD

Mar. 29, 1941: A lion roared what our lion lip-readers assured us was disapproval as he paced at rehearsal. Photo: The New York Times

Nov. 16, 1930: From the Mid-Week pictorial, this photo’s caption read: “One of the largest and most complete collections of guns privately owned by an amateur collector is possessed by Louis Epelley of St. Louis, who has been gathering these ancient arms for the past thirty years. His collection, which contains more than 300 guns, occupies the better part of his home and little cigar store. The oldest arm in the collection is a flint-lock Turkish gun with pike butt and stock of brass, inlaid with with silver, and was taken in the Battle of St. Gotthard in 1613, when the Christians won their victory over the Turks.” Here, he held the ancient Turkish gun. Photo: The New York Times

“The Sweets Seller” - Laurie Lipton

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Feb. 9, 1956: The headline “Mardi Gras Ball Has Fable Theme” announced the New York Junior League’s Mardi Gras ball, which was recalled in a Feb. 14 article. Art Carney was crowned at the event, “between lollipop trees.” The published caption told readers that Mrs. Donald W. Dickson, Jr. planned to go as Puss ‘n Boots. Photo: Meyer Liebowitz/The New York Times

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