Women take the wheel in WWII Washington, 1943

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Posted on August 2, 2023 by cindygueli in Lipstick Brigade

Elizabeth Arden’s WWII “Victory Red” Lipstick, 1941

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Posted on July 25, 2023 by cindygueli in Lipstick Brigade

Cooling off in DC’s Tidal Basin, 1920

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Posted on July 24, 2023 by cindygueli in Historybytes

“DC: Modernist Capital (?)”: Martin Moeller, Jr. at AOI

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Posted on June 17, 2023 by cindygueli in Historybytes

Oak Hill Cemetery

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Posted on April 13, 2023 by cindygueli in Historybytes

“Carrying the Spirit Forward” DC Preservation League Panel on James Goode’s Capital Losses

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Posted on April 7, 2023 by cindygueli in Historybytes

In America: Remember.  Installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg

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Posted on October 1, 2021 by cindygueli in Historybytes

WAVES Washington Call Box

Cast-iron call boxes, part of D.C.’s emergency response system from the 19th century through the 1970s, have new life as art and…

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Posted on February 3, 2021 by cindygueli in Lipstick Brigade

Lipstick Brigade– Government Girl Eethel Johnson

The shy soldier slipped the handwritten note in front of the attractive blonde receptionist. Before she could respond, he disappeared into the…

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Posted on November 18, 2018 by cindygueli in Lipstick Brigade

Sunny Days in WWII Washington

Government Girls got the full brunt of Washington’s notoriously hot, humid summers in 1943 with temperatures reaching as high as 100 degrees….

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Posted on August 22, 2018 by cindygueli in Lipstick Brigade