March 25, 1918. “Garland, Hope, Miss, portrait photograph.” Science, interested in. 5x7 inch glass negative by Arnold Genthe.

White Roses, 1928.  Lithograph in colors on paper by Ernest Fiene (1894-1965).

I see a woman; curves, breasts, bending, laughing. 

Ophelia, 1851.  Oil on canvas by Sir John Everett Millais (1829 -1896).  Tate Museum.

Hamlet, Act 1V, Scene V11

Laertes: Drowned! O, where?

Queen Gertrude: There is a willow grows askant the brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. Therewith fantastic garlands did she make Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead-men’s-fingers call them. There on the pendent boughs her crownet weeds Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide, And mermaid-like awhile they bore her up; Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes, As one incapable of her own distress, Or like a creature native and indued Unto that element. But long it could not be Till that her garments, heavy with their drink, Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay To muddy death.

Laertes: Alas, then she is drowned?

Queen Gertrude: Drowned, drowned

Spats and  t-straps.  Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) and Irene fenwick, pauase for a photographer (1920s).

Sweater girl, actress Janet Leigh, 1945.  

Frolicking to Beethoven's "The Pastoral Symphony", centaurs and pegasus!  Art by Roger Jacquier for the first post-war release of Fantasia (RKO, 1945).

Sailing on Minnesota lake, 1978.  mnhs.org

Sitting Ducks...Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.  Photo by Oscar Erickson, 1909.    mnhs.org

Sometimes...You need a day in a small cabin, sometimes just an hour.  Free catalogues to peruse.  Wild Minnesota, 1935.

Nope...no swimming here.  

Miss Violet Peterson standing in the snow, wearing a bathing suit and a fur coat, pointing at a no bathing sign, 1923.

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United States Army Nurse Corps Lieutenant Ernestine Koranda giving injection to Sergeant James Visaki, 26 Feb 1943.

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Mr. James Turek dressing a mannequin, 1920.

She has such an astonished look...”Wait, are you sure we need to remove my arm?”  “I could just step into ...Mr. Turek?”

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Poster depicting the possible fun times at the Hanlon Brothers Superba show, 1890-1911.  J. Morgan & Co. 

Human Blockhead, 1950s sideshow attraction.  J.Sigler banner. 

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Portrait of a Woman.  Pastel by Paul Albert Besnard (1849 – 1934, French)

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Young Girl in Profile by the Sea, 1893.  Pastel on paper by Paul-Albert Besnard (1849 - 1934).

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Street in Saint-Briac, 1886.  Oil on canvas by Emile Bernard (1868-1941).