Category: 1920s

Classical ruins with H. D.

Hilda Doolittle :: Various clippings and photographs, Classical ruins with H. D. Scrapbook containing photographs of H. D., Kenneth Mapherson, Bryher, and others. From: H. D. Papers, undated. | src Beinecke Digital Collections ~ Beinecke rare book and manuscript libtrary

Nude study of Martha Laber, 1925

Nickolas Muray (1892–1965) :: Nude study of Martha Laber, 1925. | src OstLicht 21th Photo Auction
Nickolas Muray (1892–1965) :: Nude study of Martha Laber, 1925. Photographer’s blindstamp in the image lower left, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the original passepartout. | src OstLicht 21th Photo Auction

Keaton as Princess Raja

Buster Keaton. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4704/1, 1929-1930. Photo: MGM. Publicity still for The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (Charles Reisner, 1929) with Keaton as Princess Raja. This performance must have been inspired by the Egyptian dance in The Cook (Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, 1918). | src Flickr

Dancer Maria Sandy, 1920s

Alexander Danilovich Grinberg :: Dancer Maria Sandy, Vera Maya studio. From a series of scenic studies ‘Dances of nations of the world’, Moscow, Russia, the end 1920s. | src Aleksandr Grinberg – Foto Soyuz via Getty Images