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Bennett Sisters (LOC)

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Bain News Service,, publisher.

Bennett Sisters

[no date recorded on caption card]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.12257

Call Number: LC-B2- 2605-8 

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swanq says:

See them boxing in flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2458993 609/ and flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2459829 190/

According to www.archive.org/details/vaudevillefromth01337 2mbp [Vaudeville From The Honky Tonks To The Palace (1953) by Joe Laurie, Jr.] they were a vaudeville act and did boxing, fencing, and wrestling.
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ZoomJer.com says:

Is that a modified figure-4 leg hold?
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sophie.z.j. says:

The Bennett sisters??? What - Jane and Lizzy??!! It sure looks more fun than dancing country dances....but where is Mr Darcy?
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LondonPunx1977 says:

it looked like a theatre play, no?
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Wystan says:

A titillating, quasi-legitimate opportunity for vaudeville fans to ogle attractive young women in skimpy attire.
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