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A Gibson Girl Tosses Her Hair

Beach
1905 GG0550

Costume
   Black bathing dress shortsleeved bloomerless, hose and shoes.

   Only the face and arms.

Actions
   A Gibson Girl walks among the dunes, with her arms behind her head (1).

Commentary
   Victorian morality after the turn of the century is giving way to Edwardian morality.

Source
   Originally by Charles Dana GIbson, Life, 1905. Scanned from Mark Gabor, The Illustrated History of Girlie Magazines, Harmony Books, a division of Crown Publishers, One Park Avenue, New York 10016,1984. 1 picture.
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