Addison Scurlock :: Two unidentified, fur-bedecked African American women dressed in classic flapper style smile for the camera, circa 1920′s. / source: blackhistoryalbum
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BLACK BUTTERFLIES | 1920
Names unknown. African American Vernacular Photography; Daniel Cowin Collection.
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Vivien Leigh photographed in costume for Caesar and Cleopatra, 1945 | via wehadfacesthen
Sophia Loren posing before the Cleopatra’s Needle Sphinx in London, 1957 | via wehadfacesthen
Twin Beauties | The Black Victorians
Twins Elsie (1889-1981) and Lela (1889-1962) Scott. Credit: Stafford County Historical Society, Stafford, KS. / via
Emil Otto Hoppé :: Tamara Karsavina as the Firebird and Adolph
Bolm as Ivan Tsarevich in ‘L’Oiseau de Feu’ (‘The Firebird’), London,
1911
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The Hand Dance, Tilly Losch, 1930-1933. A collaboration between Tilly Losch [Born
Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Losch.
Austrian-born dancer, choreographer, actress and painter.] and Hedy Pfundmayr. | via lushlight
link to video:
Dance of her Hands, Tilly Losch (1930-1933)
