Floating, 1947 - Weeki Wachee, Florida

by Toni Frissell

AMERICAN CITIES

Dramatic cumulus clouds billowing over a Texaco gas station along a stretch of highway US 66, aka Route 66).

Location: Seligman, AZ, US

Date taken: September 1947

Photographer: Andreas Feininger

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1947 North High School Band - West Springfield, Massachusetts

Members of the North High School (from Worcester, Mass.) during a band competition in the Spring of 1947.
Photo by Andrew Love

Contestants for queen of Newport Beach Tournament of Lights, Calif., 1947


Published caption:
SEEK HONORS — Among 50 girls who will compete Sunday in contest to choose queen of Newport Beach Tournament of Lights are standing, left to right, Pat Sayre, Anita Coane and Joyce Purcell. Dorothy Babcock is seated. Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors event.

Floating, 1947 - Weeki Wachee, Florida

Clownin’ Around on Flickr.

Clowns pose on opening day. Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, Chicago, Illinois, 1947.

Halloween Slick Chick Beauty Contest on Flickr.

Four contestants of the Halloween Slick Chick beauty contest in Anaheim, Calif., 1947

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