Shaving Gallery

Fireplace in Frank Tengle's home, Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Fireplace in Frank Tengle's home. Hale County, Alabama. [Advertisements for Progressive Farmer and Southern Ruralist magazine; 666 remedy for head or chest colds'; Alka-Seltzer; Thedford's Black-Draught Famous Family Laxative - "Children Like the Syrup"; cards showing biblical scenes]

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"A close shave" - 317th Supply Train, Belleville, Meuse, Oct

African-American soldiers serving in France during the First World War. One soldier is shaving another soldier's head. One soldier is seated with his right leg crossed over his left leg. His hands are resting on his thigh and he has a cigarette in his mouth. His hat is hanging on a wooden post to his right. The other soldier stands behind. His hands are raised and he is holding the razor blade in this right hand. He is wearing his uniform and hat and is pursing his lips. The Signal Corps USA logo is in the bottom left corner of photograph

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Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (3), c1916

Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (3), c1916. Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty is a music hall song written by Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey (1880-1953) and Bennett Scott (1875-1930) in 1916. It was popular during the First World War and tells a story of three fictional soldiers on the Western Front suffering from homesickness and their longing to return to Blighty. [Bamforth & Co. Ltd, Holmfirth, England and New York, c1916]

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