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Today marks 100 years since theWomen lead House and Senate committees, preside over the House and have been nominees for president and vice president. But according to Rutger’s Center for American Women and Politics, only 359 women have served in the U.S. Congress to date compared with almost 12,000 men. And today, women make up just 23.7% of Congress, which is the largest number in U.S. history; yet that percentage of female lawmakers is less than in nearly every other developed country.
In 1952, Times photographer Leigh Wiener was sent to the scene of a reported hit-and-run car crash on South Alvarado Street. He found little of note at the scene, only a man who asked him to take his photo, a relatively frequent occurrence. Wiener later wrote that he joked to the man, “Sure, I’ll take you picture, Mister, if you have a dog that can roller-skate.”agreed to meet the bird
, named Buster, on his day off, Aug. 17. When he arrived, Buster wore “a clean pair of “You Can’t Bust ‘Em” overalls, and his custom-made roller skates simply shined.” Wiener took Buster’s photo and later photographed him again at an ice rink. Buster could apparently ice skate, too.Aug. 17, 1952: Buster, a rooster owned by Billy Lehr, in roller skates during a photo session with Los Angeles Times photographer Leigh Wiener.
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