Monday, March 7, 2011

Arthur Siegel: Better-Dressed Young Women, Detroit, 1941-1942



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Girl putting on lipstick and another girl straightening seams on her stockings, Detroit, Michigan: photo by Arthur S. Siegel, Summer 1941



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Girl straightening seams on her stocking and another girl combing her hair in mirror, Detroit, Michigan : photo by Arthur S. Siegel, Summer 1941

Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film

Style of clothes worn by better-dressed office workers, presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club of the Chrysler Corporation at Saks Fifth Avenue store. Girl admiring a mink coat, Detroit, Michigan: photo by Arthur S. Siegel, Fall 1942

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Negro girl putting up her hair, Detroit, Michigan: photo by Arthur S. Siegel, February 1942



Photos by Arthur S. Siegel from Office of War Information/Farm Security Administration Collection, Library of Congress