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August 21, 1924. "Miss Helen G. Sweeney." Helen represented the District of Columbia as Miss Washington in Atlantic City and, as Miss Treasury Department, led a fashion revue in "Uncle Sam's Follies," a musical put on by federal employees. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
I wonder who the current Miss Treasury Department is? In these troubled economic times, we need her lighthearted, uptempo revues more than ever.
Lots of coal soot in the air back then.
I found this on the Society for American Baseball Research site, about Helen and Goose Goslin:
A doubleheader was scheduled September 2, 1924, at Griffith Stadium; the first pitch was thrown by Helen G. Sweeney, the reigning Miss Washington, D.C. Between games of the twin bill, she hosted a reception for the players and apparently met Goose for the first time; she and Goslin were considered to be quite an item on the Washington social scene that fall. But Goose remained a bachelor until 1940, when he applied for a license to wed Marian Wallace, a Philadelphia social worker.
Not very patriotic for letting the flag drag across the ground! I realize that it is a roof but it is the same effect.
It looks awful dingy. Compare the stars and bars with the guy's white shirt.
Good enough for government work.
Remember back then that wearing glasses was a sign of weakness and contact lenses were not yet invented.
Actually, not slim at all. That's the best they had to crown Miss this and that?
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