Bright uniforms of the Roumanian officers add to the color of Sinaia's promenade. Rumors have it that corsets and cosmetics often form a part of the officer's equipment in this gay country of the east – Antique Print
![Bright uniforms of the Roumanian officers add to the color of Sinaia's promenade. Rumors have it that corsets and cosmetics often form a part of the officer's equipment in this gay country of the east, [1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/61/61a1de5b1056-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Bright uniforms of the Roumanian officers add to the color of Sinaia's promenade. Rumors have it that corsets and cosmetics often form a part of the officer's equipment in this gay country of the east comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bright uniforms of the Roumanian officers add to the color of Sinaia's promenade. Rumors have it that corsets and cosmetics often form a part of the officer's equipment in this gay country of the east
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Bright uniforms set the tone on the promenade at Sinaia, the mountain resort in the Carpathians where Romanian officers were a colorful sight. The caption adds a teasing rumor that corsets and cosmetics were part of an officer's equipment, a sly comment on the country's reputation rather than a documented fact. The photograph comes from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, the work of American travel writers who recorded daily life across Europe and beyond in the 1920s. Its value lies as much in the caption's tone as in the uniforms themselves.
| Created / published | [1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. |
| Subjects | Military uniforms--Romania--1920-1930. Military officers--Romania--Sinaia--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,107 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169470 |
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