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Mrs. Vernon Castle (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Irene Foote Castle (1893-1969), dancer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_and_Irene_Castle Showing off her no-corset style, her bobbed hair, and her pet monkey (is he smoking, or is that a scratch on the plate?).

• Elijah said:

  Even at the largest size it looks like the monkey is smoking, or otherwise has something in it's mouth.

• smashklunk said:

  I'm going with cigarette.

• swanq said:

  According to The Toronto World - Mar 26, 1916 news.google.com/newspapers?nid=22&dat=19160326&id... Irene Castle had a pet French Guinea monkey called Rastus, "much photographed and written of." Apparently when she sat down to write to her husband, the monkey insisted on having paper and pencil!

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks to pennylrichardsca and swanq for your research into this fascinating woman. And that is most likely "Rastus" whom she's holding. But I can't verify whether or not she let him smoke. We'll add some of this information to the record the next time we update.