Exhausted contestants try to keep moving, at least a little, during a grueling dance marathon that began March 31 – more than 900 hours earlier – at the Fordham Palace in the Bronx. (1932)
Woman getting disapproving looks, Miami Beach, 1940
Contestants of the World’s Most Beautiful Legs Competition, 1951
The first ever Miss Universe contest, 1952
1st, 2nd and 3rd place at the Miss Correct Posture Contest, 1956
A new father faint in 1946, after learning his wife had triplets.
Lauren Bacall having breakfast (1946)
Driver’s education class in 1953
Auto shop class in the late 1950s
Cowboys getting some much-needed rest inside the Sawtell’s Tanch at Henry’s Lake, Idaho, 1900s
Disney artists meeting on how to animate water bubbles in “Pinocchio,” 1939
The ice man delivering a 25 lb block of ice in Houston, Texas, 1928
Saturday Night in a Minnesota Saloon, 1937.
Classes in 1910
Teenagers dancing and socializing at a party, 1947.
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