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![[Gerson sisters in costumes for the Crinoline Ball held in New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDIvZ2Vyc29uLXNpc3RlcnMtaW4tY29zdHVtZXMtZm9yLXRoZS1jcmlub2xpbmUtYmFsbC1oZWxkLWluLW5ldy15b3JrLWNpdHktZmFkMWRlLTEwMjQuanBn/320/418/jpg "[Gerson sisters in costumes for the Crinoline Ball held in New York City]")
![[Franklin Roosevelt (standing with cane) and Eleanor Roosevelt]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzIvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmtsaW4tcm9vc2V2ZWx0LXN0YW5kaW5nLXdpdGgtY2FuZS1hbmQtZWxlYW5vci1yb29zZXZlbHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Franklin Roosevelt (standing with cane) and Eleanor Roosevelt]")
![[The Gerson sisters in costumes for the Crinoline Ball held in New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdGhlLWdlcnNvbi1zaXN0ZXJzLWluLWNvc3R1bWVzLWZvci10aGUtY3Jpbm9saW5lLWJhbGwtaGVsZC1pbi1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LWNhOTJhZC02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "[The Gerson sisters in costumes for the Crinoline Ball held in New York City]")
![[The Gerson sisters posed on a sofa in their Crinoline Ball costumes. New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvdGhlLWdlcnNvbi1zaXN0ZXJzLXBvc2VkLW9uLWEtc29mYS1pbi10aGVpci1jcmlub2xpbmUtYmFsbC1jb3N0dW1lcy1uZXcteW9yay01MzQ4MGYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[The Gerson sisters posed on a sofa in their Crinoline Ball costumes. New York City]")
![[The letter, a study posed by the Gerson sisters in their Crinoline Ball costumes]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDMvdGhlLWxldHRlci1hLXN0dWR5LXBvc2VkLWJ5LXRoZS1nZXJzb24tc2lzdGVycy1pbi10aGVpci1jcmlub2xpbmUtYmFsbC1jb3N0dW1lcy0wYjVhMWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[The letter, a study posed by the Gerson sisters in their Crinoline Ball costumes]")
![[The silhouette, a study posed by the Gerson sisters in their Crinoline Ball costumes]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdGhlLXNpbGhvdWV0dGUtYS1zdHVkeS1wb3NlZC1ieS10aGUtZ2Vyc29uLXNpc3RlcnMtaW4tdGhlaXItY3Jpbm9saW5lLWJhbGwtNTZhOTBkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "[The silhouette, a study posed by the Gerson sisters in their Crinoline Ball costumes]")
![[New York Female Giants (baseball)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstZmVtYWxlLWdpYW50cy1iYXNlYmFsbC0zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[New York Female Giants (baseball)]")
![[Mack Sennett girls in costumes posed with tires]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvbWFjay1zZW5uZXR0LWdpcmxzLWluLWNvc3R1bWVzLXBvc2VkLXdpdGgtdGlyZXMtYmY3YzE1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Mack Sennett girls in costumes posed with tires]")
