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This photo appeared in the November 9, 1920, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News with the following caption: "Beverly Bayard (left) and Lorline Davis, two California girls, walked across the continent to New York and are now on their way on bicycles to Florida, and then to Cuba, where they will tour the island on their wheels. On the completion of their tour they expect to study art and journalism in New York. They were photographed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia."

The same photo appeared in the Evening public ledger., October 26, 1920, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 28 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1920-10-26/ed-... and in the New-York tribune., November 07, 1920, Page 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-11-07/ed-... See also articles in The Ogden standard-examiner., June 12, 1920, LAST EDITION - 4 P.M., Page 3, col. 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058393/1920-06-12/ed-... and in The Idaho Republican., October 01, 1920, Page 2 (with photo) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091197/1920-10-01/ed-...

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To see where singer-songwriter Vernon Dalhart (1883-1948) kept his camera when he wasn't using it (and who doesn't 'wanna see that!! ;) see Art Siegel's note on this other photograph.

American singer/songwriter Vernon Dalhart, see

Dalhart appears to be hamming it up for the photographer, attacking a sewing machine with hammer and adjustable wrench/spanner.

swanq: Yes that does seem to be what is happening here! We will add some of it to the description.