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Vernon Castle
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Captain Vernon Castle of the British Royal Flying Corps standing in uniform beside a Curtis Jenny with British markings. Castle flew over 150 missions at the Western Front before being shot down. Afterwards he was assigned to flight instruction camps in Canada and later at Benbrook Field in Texas where he was killed in a crash during a training flight.
1918
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Vernon Castle and his Monkey Jeffrey
1918
Vernon Castle, half of the glamorous Castle dancing team, enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and flew over 150 missions at the Western Front before being shot down. Afterwards Capta...
Irene Castle in Uniform
1918
Original caption: "Mrs. Vernon Castle In her 'preparedness suit.' This is made on strictly mannish lines, and has no trimming whatever. She is shown here wearing the emblem of the British Royal Fly...
Vernon Castle and Irene Castle
1918
The celebrated dancing partners Vernon Castle and Irene Castle eating breakfast at home.
Publicity Photograph of Irene Castle
1918
Publicity photograph of Irene Castle in a gauzy dress sitting on top of a column.
Irene Castle and Vernon Castle in Uniform with German Shepherd Dog
August 21, 1917
Original caption:"The above picture is the first that has been taken of Mrs. Vernon Castle and her soldier husband since he returned to this country after his strenuous duties as a member of the Br...
Irene Castle in Uniform
1917
The glamorous dancer Irene Castle wearing a World War I "Preparedness Uniform" of her own design. The dress was based on the uniform worn by her husband and partner, Vernon Castle, an aviator in th...
