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Postulant Nun and family c1900

I think she is a Postulant with the School Sisters of Notre Dame.  I was told that the Postulants received their special habit before their entrance so the whole “band” arrived at the Novitiate already dressed

 

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1920’s Lingerie

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Esther Jane Williams

Esther Jane Williams (born August 8, 1921, although some sources cite 1922) is a retired American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, Williams joined Billy Rose’s Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show’s move from New York City to San Francisco. There, she spent five months swimming alongside Olympic swimmer and Tarzan star, Johnny Weissmuller.

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Maude Fealy (Tuck Celebrities of the Stage 5724)

Maude Fealy

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Lily Elsie (Rotary 11784 A)

Lily Elsie

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