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French actress Barbara Laage in her apartment reading.
LIFE Magazine
Location:France
Date taken:May 1946
Photographer:Nina Leen

“Barbara Laage (30 July 1920 – 21 May 1988) was a French film actress who flourished in the 1950s.
After fleeing Paris with her family during the German occupation in World War II, Laage returned to the city after the war and commenced her acting career in the Paris theatre district of Montparnasse.
Her first move to Hollywood was arranged by theatrical agent William Morris, founder of the William Morris Agency. She is one of several Hollywood stars of the era that would frequent the Chateau Marmont.
She was the first choice for the lead role in the Orson Welles film The Lady from Shanghai, though the part was eventually awarded to Rita Hayworth.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Laage

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John Harris, son of Michael and Hilda Harris, 1934

Credit: State Library of Queensland
collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE97509

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Title:Classes, Labs, Seminars
View:Settlement, Library 2
Series:IV: Student Activities
Subject Terms:University of Chicago. Settlement | School children | Books | Bookshelves | Libraries (Buildings) | Social services
Photograph Date:Undated
Location:Chicago, Illinois
Collection:Archival Photographic Files
Repository:University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
Image Identifier:apf4-02057

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Summer Reading in Oregon, 1893

“What better way to relax on a hot summer day than to read a good book? We saw another view of these women reading at Cloud Cap Inn circa 1893 in another image. They are sisters Anne and Bess Lang, along with friend Lou Eaton. Now that we have the Hood River Glacier for that period online, we can verify the information we had from other sources. The September 30, 1893 Glacier reported:
Misses Annie and Bessie Lang of The Dalles and Miss Eaton of Portland went to Cloud Cup, Tuesday, to remain a week. Hon. M. A. Moody and a party from The Dalles will join them to-day.”
www.hoodriverhistorymuseum.org/summer-reading-at-cloud-cap/

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Holland House, Kensington, London, 1940. Available from Corbis.

“The photograph is part of the collection held by English Heritage, which provides the following caption:

Holland House, Kensington, London. An interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the damage. Photographed in 1940. The House was heavily bombed during World War II and remained derelict until 1952 when parts of the remains were preserved.”

Via:
www.booksforvictory.com/2013/04/london-bookstore-and-libr...

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