Bathing beauties in jackets

    My mother (right) and my aunt (left) at Orchard Beach in the Bronx in May, 1947.

    This photo has taken on a life of its own, 5000 views on Flickr but many more on Tumblr, Pinterest and many blogs. A vintage jewelry company in Holland has asked if they could use it as a logo.
    Getty Images has made the photo available for licensing.

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    1. ★

      Decoupage girl, rawart90, marek;, rik-1986, and 119 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Decoupage girl (34 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful girls !

    3. rawart90 (34 months ago | reply)

      some guys were lucky fellas! : ))

    4. rik-1986 (34 months ago | reply)

      love this.

    5. This photo was invited and added to the we're the people group.

    6. polimnias (34 months ago | reply)

      bellissime

    7. MISTER MORT by Mordechai Rubinstein (34 months ago | reply)

      wow!!!!! so glad its in ny

    8. This photo was invited and added to the ºNEORETROº group.

    9. Ana Rodinsky¨ (34 months ago | reply)

      Gran Testimonio Histórico
      Great Historical Testimony
      ºNEORETROºpor druidabruxux6quot; height=160
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    10. snap-happy1 (34 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful!

    11. dpf1958 close (34 months ago | reply)


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    12. druidabruxux (34 months ago | reply)

      Gran Testimonio Histórico
      Great Historical Testimony
      ºNEORETROºpor druidabruxux6quot; height=160
      www.flickr.com/groups/neoretrovintage/

    13. Abaraphobia (33 months ago | reply)

      Incredibly beautiful photo, AND girls!!!! ;)

    14. Robert Barone (33 months ago | reply)

      They certainly were, thanks Abaraphobia

    15. Abaraphobia (33 months ago | reply)

      I didn't realise this was a family photo, when I first saw it! Were they your mother, and aunt?

    16. Robert Barone (33 months ago | reply)

      Yes, my mother on the right. All my vintage photographs are family.

    17. asearch2find (27 months ago | reply)

      Now, that's Orchard Beach! Great photo!

    18. johncurtisrea (27 months ago | reply)

      wonderful image!

    19. SandraD33Hardy (26 months ago | reply)

      Women on the left looks identical to my grandmother, Merle Dankers. Any chance it is her?

    20. Robert Barone (26 months ago | reply)

      Sandra, On the right is my mother, on the left is my Aunt. However, I'd be happy to be wrong about my Aunt and the photo is a bit blurry.
      So if your grandmother lived in the Bronx in the late 40's, please tell me and I'll look into it further.

    21. SandraD33Hardy (26 months ago | reply)

      Yes, she did. I showed this photo to my mother and she was amazed at the resemblance.

    22. SandraD33Hardy (26 months ago | reply)

      Merle Rutledge is her maiden name.

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    24. This photo was invited and added to the ~ Vintage Love ~ Love captured group.

    25. gt_hawk63 (14 months ago | reply)

      Great.

    26. kodaksights (9 months ago | reply)

      Good photo
      Boa foto
      Bra foto
      Hình ảnh tốt
      Gutes Foto
      Bella foto
      Dobrá fotografie
      Bună fotografie

    27. Buttons McTavish (5 months ago | reply)

      I had to come back and re-favorite this one! ;-)

    28. Robert Barone (5 months ago | reply)

      Hi Amy, so nice to hear from you. This photo has taken on a life of its own, 5000 views on Flickr but many more on Tumblr, Pinterest and many blogs. A vintage jewelry company in Holland has asked if they could use it as a logo.
      How I would love to be able to see my mother's reaction to the popularity of her photographs. On second thought, maybe I'm better off not knowing. She looks sweet, but she could be tough and she had a healthy Italian temper.

    29. Buttons McTavish (4 months ago | reply)

      :D

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