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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

1930's furs


another group of newsreel films
70 years later with a sense of political correctness 
makes us cringe at the outlandish display of animal skins


October 20, 1938
"SEE RAID ON PAPA'S BANKROLL"
NEW YORK CITY.---
A parade of caracul and mink and other furs for afternoon and evening wear promises trouble for the pocketbook of the family's alleged head, as pretty mannequins strut the latest designs in furry garments at Rockefeller Centre.