#nov. 17

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Anti-Nazi picketers stand in front of the New York office of Mike Jacobs, promoter of the upcoming fight of German Max Schmeling, on November 17, 1937.

Photo: Associated Press

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I've collected some weird vintage bird imagery, from bird hats to bird people, ghost birds to giant birds.

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Princess Amaranth Rose

The Flea walked into the home and noticed that it was still dark, cold, and frightening. There had been no light since Sarinna was gone and Mora banished. Zalsondra was sitting on the floor asleep, the one the King had been working on creating as a new guardian. The mage walked carefully toward the throne. “My King, I found what you had asked for.”

The Rat King turned to glance up at the Flea. His sunken eyes and pained features made the Flea feel sorry for him. He removed a small box from his black leather bag and opened it, showing the King its contents: a small cloth doll, a preserved flower, and a gold bracelet. The King stared at the items for a long time and he touched the doll. “Do you think she’ll like it?” the King asked softly.

“You do have to remember that she’s only a year old, my King,” the Flea said softly, “but I’m sure she will.”

The Rat King nodded and closed the box. “Deliver it.”

“Where? I don’t know where to find her.”

“Go to the Liao memorial in Kun-Lai,” the King said in almost a whisper as he stared at the cold and dark fireplace. Place it at the memorial. And leave.” The King closed his eyes and leaned his head on his hand.

The Flea bowed his head and placed the box in the black case. “It’s been a year, hasn’t it?” The King said nothing. “I’m sure she’s beautiful.”

“Just shut up and go.”

As soon as the Flea disappeared, the King sighed, covering his eyes to stop the tears from falling.

In the seaside village, several pandaren laughed and celebrated the young girl’s first birthday. Fireworks exploded overhead and the barrels of various brews flowed. The little girl looked around curiously, raising her hands to be lifted by one of the pandaren she was used to seeing in her life. The woman lifted the redhead child and spun her once. 

The child laughed and turned to see her mother, a woman dressed in a traditional red dress. Her red hair flowed in the wind and she presented the child with a doll. The little girl mumbled in baby speak as she took the doll, holding it close to her and chewing on the cloth elf ear. The pandaren laughed. 

The little girl looked up at her mother and reached for the flower she had in her hair, but the woman simply kissed her daughter’s little hand and the little girl turned back to her doll. The gold bracelet on the little girl’s wrist had a crown pendant on it. She was the village princess. Everyone knew that and only that.

The princess had turned one.

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A lemonade and hot dog vendor, November 17, 1926.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

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The Marx Brothers left vaudeville and stepped up to the legitimate theater in 1924 with a show called I'll Say She Is. Unlike their subsequent shows such as Animal Crackers and The Cocoanuts, it was never turned into a movie, although one historian has said that "Every Marx Brothers film contains material and situations that can be traced back to I'll Say She Is." Groucho called it "probably the funniest show we ever did."

I'll Say She Is toured for a year and a half before arriving on Broadway in May, 1924. No one expected it to succeed; the Broadway engagement was just a sop to the brothers, who had been threatening to leave the show unless it went to New York.

But the critics loved it. "It is a bright-colored and vehement setting for the goings-on of those talented cutups, the Four Marx Brothers," wrote Alexander Woollcott in the New York Sun, who went on to single out Harpo for special praise.

Maybe it was being on Broadway that led the brothers to bill themselves, in the program, as Herbert, Leonard, Julius H., and Arthur Marx. Not that anyone was fooled.

The show ran for 313 performances, which was excellent for the time. The brothers were lionized by New York society, and Harpo was invited to join the Algonquin Round Table.

Above: Harpo, Groucho, Zeppo, and Chico, with Lotta Miles, in the sketch called "Napoleon's First Waterloo," in which Groucho played Boney. Source: illsaysheis.com

Below: a handbill from the performance of November 17, 1924. Source: NYPL

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A mile of stockings, gathered at division headquarters of the American Women’s Voluntary Services, included donations from the New York Vassar Club, November 17, 1942. Silk and nylon were recycled and repurposed to create military supplies like parachute cords and powder bags. Left to right: Mrs. Henry McDuff, Eloise Smith, Mrs. Stirling Tomkins and Irene Greene.

Photo: Associated Press

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Eastern European immigrants disembarking from the Queen Mary on November 17, 1938. The man carries his worldly goods in a small suitcase, while the woman, Margaret Lubac, from Prague, comes ashore in her native costume with a large bundle.

Photo: Associated Press

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Marguerite Higgins of the New York Herald Tribune receives the New York Newspaper Women's Club special citation as the outstanding woman reporter of the year, November 17, 1950. The citation commended Higgins for her reporting of the Korean conflict, for her courage under fire, and for her bravery in administering blood plasma to the wounded. Presenting it is Margaret Mara of the Brooklyn Eagle, president of the club, at the organization's Front Page Dinner Dance.

Photo: Marty Lederhandler for the AP