re: #14 freetoken

The WHCD has transformed into yet another Hollywood party for the beautiful people:

WHCD: Scenes from the Vanity Fair party

You and I will never have to worry about being invited.

White House Correspondent’s banquet [1923], glass negative, National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)
Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.