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Jean McKay's avatar

Playing in the subway with Mr. Spoons and the bird. Beautiful!

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Crankypants's avatar

Oh my. Daphne, livin’ large! Loved it.

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Linda Granfield's avatar

Mildred Dilling by Arnold Genthe, 1921. (I hope it will copy/paste here.) obviously it didn't!! A lovely photo portrait.

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Allan Stratton's avatar

Mildred. Quite a fall from the days of Mildred Pierce (1945), which likely gave it an extra decade. And I see you cited another name, Gertrude, quite comical in my childhood in the '50s. (I had a great-aunt "Gertie". Also, an uncle Reginald.)

Speaking of changes, remember Bruce? Now quite butch, it was considered totally gay, as in "Brucie-Woosie". Yours has stood the test of time, right up there with Joseph and the apostles.

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