Fashion in Washington University in St. Louis in 1944 _ Old US Nostalgia
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Fashion in St. Louis. Photographed by LIFE photographer Nina Leen in 1944. Students writng notes in what may be fashion class outside Brookings Hall, the most recognizable building on the Danforth Campus, Washington University in St. Louis.
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