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(WORLDWAR I—WOMEN’SWORK)
A mini-archive of 20 World War I-era photographs of British women at work, many of
whom are operating heavy machinery or engaged in manual labor.
Silver prints, the images measuring 8
1
/
2
x5
1
/
2
inches (21.6x14. cm.), and the reverse, each with a
typewritten caption affixed to verso, and most with a Ministry of Information and “Passed for
Transmission Abroad” hand stamps on verso. Circa 1916
[1,800/2,200]
The devastating loss of life associated with the firstWorldWar encouraged the “daughters of Britain”
to join the work force.With images of women in munitions and steel factories and tanneries, as
well as nurses, bakers, and more.The panorama of photographs also demonstrated the origins of the
WWII-era American cultural icon Rosie the Riveter, a symbol of American women laborers.
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(PERFORMANCE)
Archive depicting the career of “Danzarina
Exotica” Kyra (a.k.a. Belle Lopatin of
Chicago).
With 1000 photographs of Kyra in a host of
remarkable close-ups and outfits befitting her
flamboyant theatrical roles and career as an
artist’s model. Silver prints, the images measuring
3x2 to 14x11 inches (7.6x5.1 to 35.6x27.9
cm.), most 7x5 inches (17.8x12.7 cm.),
including a small print by Dr. Max Thorek and
larger prints by the Chicago Pictorialist Charles
J. Cook (one of which is signed on the mount),
and commercial photographers with signatures,
hand stamps, or embossed hand stamps; with
ephemeral items. Late 1930s-early 40s
[1,200/1,800]
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