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Trench Togs
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Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing sitting on a chair and wearing a hat, coat with cape, and skirt. Caption reads: "Trench togs are all the go now and this short skirt and soldierly coat, to say nothing of the detachable cap [cape?], are of cotton khaki for service."
May 24, 1917
American Press Association
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