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Coney Island Carnival - Race in street clothing [swimming] (LOC)

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  • Jonboy270 said:
    This had to be a real fast plate emulsion to freeze the divers without any action, for the high f-stop. I don't see any Sun shadows. The subject density seems exceptional, unless there was some dodging and burning in development. I wonder how many different shots were taken before he chose to work this one.
  • Arden said:
    wystan: Thanks for catching the date written on the negative. We will add it to the record.

Rodeo at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair (LOC)

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Wm. Chas. Flynn (LOC)

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    William Charles Flynn was a perfect "eugenic baby"--winner in at least fourteen Better Baby contests sponsored by eugenically-oriented groups. He was in the news at this tender age (37 months in March 1915), because his mother found him a good eugenic match for a future wife: 17-month-old "perfect" baby Alene Calvert Houck, herself the winner of six better baby contests. Both children had scored a perfect 100 on measurements intended to set an ideal. "The mothers are convinced that fate has thrown their children together for some great purpose, but they have agreed that they will not resort to any form of coercion in shaping the future of their children." news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19150327&... trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/60066021 The Trove link includes the respective physical measurements of William and Alene. Best I can figure, he did not, in fact, marry Miss Houck.
  • Melinda Young Stuart said:
    He looks like a tough guy in the making and may have been a handful to any woman he ended up with! -- Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
  • prima seadiva said:
    Fascinating but the basis of eugenics was very creepy and disturbing particularly after viewing the Child Labor set.
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    prima seadiva Indeed! Also, looking again at that loincloth, or whatever he's wearing. Doesn't look to be big enough or folded right to be a diaper. Weird little detail.
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Wonder if this is the same William C. Flynn born in 1912. Could be, the news stories about him were dated at Los Angeles. If so, his short life probably didn't fulfill the expectations of his "perfect" early days. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18187278