I've Never Done This Before, and I'll Never Do It Again (1918)

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Here we are at the beginning of a new baseball season, everyone daisy-fresh and dazzlingly shiny, so I thought I'd share this fine image from my collection of World War I news service photographs.  In 1918 all was for fun and  charity of the British Blue Cross, and Ms. Phyllis Broughton joined the festivities, though whether see is entirely reluctant or determined, we'll never know.  Perhaps both--whatever the case, she did what she was asked to do for a good cause, with a stiff upper lip. 

(The typed description on the coarse paper was intended for the newspaper ro journal that published the photograph to use for the caption.)

•  This photograph is available for purchase on the blog's bookstore, here.

(It seems that this Phyllis Broughton is Ms. Phylis Broughton, star of stage and, well, stage. Read about her here.)