You don’t get to 1oo years old without a good sense of humor. So at our #BDayMIA Third Thursday last night, we asked visitors for captions to four historic images of the museum from our archives. And they delivered.
Here are the winning captions, along with the photos that inspired them. And for (slightly) more serious discussions of historic MIA images, check out Once at MIA, our ongoing series of one image a week, posted every Monday here at MIA Stories.
Winning caption: “So what is it you would say…you do here?“
Runners-up: “I can’t believe he gets paid more than us.” “I’m not interested, but my friend thinks you’re cute.”
Winning caption: “Twist and twist and twist—c’mon, girls, get outta those chairs!”
Runners-up: “My eyes are up here.” “This isn’t what I was expecting when I was told there would be male models.”
Winning caption: “Charlene consumes her recommended three cups of tea per hour. Do you?”
Runners-up: “I prefer Earl Grey.” “There’s probably just a lot of traffic. They’re still coming to my party.”
Winning caption: “Look, they won’t even realize I’m wearing pants!”
Runners-up: “This is going to be the next feminist movement. We call it the “thigh gap.” “Sometimes I like to walk on tables.”