Sunday afternoon on the front porch, Vincennes, Indiana, July 1941, by John Vachon, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Nice striped socks.
The Sunday porch: Vincennes, Indiana
Sunday afternoon on the front porch, Vincennes, Indiana, July 1941, by John Vachon, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Nice striped socks.
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What an intriguing sequence of photos. I wonder who the two visitors were. They appear younger and much more formally dressed than the ‘lady of the house.’
Maybe they were part of a group of town ladies who regularly visited each other on Sunday afternoons. Emily Post says a fashionable woman guest would never take off her hat at a luncheon, but that the hostess can go hatless if she thinks it is prettier. And a hostess would never wear gloves.
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