Gayety at Bal Boheme Washington, D.C., April 10. Favors were distributed to Guests through the medium of false Champagne bottles hung from the ceilings. Guests who failed to get favors when the bottles were poured, decided to get the bottles themselves. This one succeeded. The rest were quickly pull
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- 1939
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"Gayety at Bal Boheme Washington, D.C., April 10. Favors were distributed to Guests through the medium of false Champagne bottles hung from the ceilings. Guests who failed to get favors when the bottles were poured, decided to get the bottles themselves. This one succeeded. The rest were quickly pull" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gayety_at_Bal_Boheme_Washington,_D.C.,_April_10._Favors_were_distributed_to_Guests_through_the_medium_of_false_Champagne_bottles_hung_from_the_ceilings._Guests_who_failed_to_get_favors_when_LCCN2016875443.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 280282.
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