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"Aut" Simpkins and Unidentified Man
"Aut" Simpkins and an unidentified man pose for a portrait on either side of a cast iron furniture piece. On verso: "'Aut' Simpkins and the fledgling at 16."
"Beauty and 'Ideal Man' Wed"
Photo caption: "Wilmette, Ill...Ruth Winter, radio singer and holder of four beauty titles, pictured with her new husband, Paul Cummins, Northwestern University law student who was selected as the "Ideal Man" by co-eds. They were photographed…
"Bucking the Line"
An oil well sits in the front yard of a farmhouse in Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois.
"Cap'd Cox"
Comer Cox, a member of the Sumner High School baseball team, poses for a picture.
"Contrabands" at Baton Rouge
These two young African American men are dressed in worn and tattered clothes. The man wearing a hat is standing and leaning on the shoulder of the other man, who is sitting. On verso, "his 'contrabands' [underlined] just come in."
"Cox and Ranki Oh! Boy"
Comer Cox and "Ranki" flex their arm muscles.
"Designs for Diving, By Claudia Eckert"
Photo caption: "Washington D.C...The lady of the pictures is a seventeen-year-old Miss of Chicago, and Northwestern University, Miss Claudia Eckert, and she is demonstrating her natitorial accomplishment in the pool of the Showham Hotel here. Claudia…
"Ganna Walska Receives Roses from Ex-Hubby"
Photo caption: "Chicago, Ill...The alluring Ganna Walska, beautiful opera star, thrilled Chicago music lovers at a concert at the Chicago Auditorium, with her splendid voice. In return, Miss Walska herself, was thrilled when she received a bouquet of…
"Going a-milking"
An artist's depiction of a man carrying a woman across a stream towards two cows as they are "going a-milking" in Brimfield.
"Lewis Reads Messages of Congratulations"
Photo caption: "James Hamilton Lewis reading messages of congratulation at his campaign headquarters in Chicago after early returns showed him leading Ruth Hanna McCormick; Republican, three to one for United States Senator from Illinois."
"Liberty" Polska Korporacya Handlowa "Wolnosc"
A man stands in the doorway of a Palatine Commercial Corporation storefront under a sign reading "Liberty, Polska Korporacya Handlowa Wolnosc." Polska Korporacya Handlowa Wolnosc translates to "Polish Corporation Trade Freedom".
"Mother" Jones
Mary "Mother" Jones sits for a portrait wearing a dark dress.
"Old John"
"Old John" sits for a portrait wearing fishermen's clothing.On verso: "The fisherman, as he appeared at the Great Western Ill. Sanitary Fair, 1864."