1. Colored entrance, Alabama, 1956

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2. Ladylike in Nyc, 1958

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3. A drink, a cigar and not giving a good goddamn, 1950s

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4. My very cool grandpa in the 1950s holding a fish, smoking a cigarette, with a book tucked into his pants and cigarette pack in his sleeve.

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5. An officer with Hot Foot Teddy, the real-life inspiration for Smokey the Bear, 1950

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6. Girl and her grandmother window-shopping in mobile, Alabama, 1956

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7. James dean at a California gas station with his silver Porsche 550 Spyder, named “little bastard,” just hours before his fatal crash. September 30, 1955

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8. Store front, mobile, Alabama, 1956

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9. My Grandma had such a gorgeous smile. 1950′s

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10. Daytona beach,1957

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11. A slightly surrealistic photo of my grandma and some dude somewhere in Florida, 1957

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12. Girl portrait. Shady Grove, Alabama, 1956

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13. The streets of San Francisco. 1957

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14. Alabama, 1956

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15. Outside looking in, mobile, Alabama, 1956

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16. Lady in red

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17. Anne St. Marie, New York City, 1959

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18. Child in a car seat

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19. Showgirls playing chess backstage at the latin quarter nightclub – New York, NY (1958)

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20. 1957

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