Category: 1920s

1920s fashion by Ruth Hollick

Ruth Hollick (1883-1977) ~ Miss Pearce. Fashion for ‘The Home’, March 1921. Glass negative | src SLV · State Library of Victoria

The image shows a woman, in whole-length, standing at foot of staircase, wearing evening clothes including tiara; a big cat skin at her feet. The Home magazine; Ball & Welsh [Fashion illustration for Ball and Welsh, published in The Home magazine]. Printed from original glass negative | src SLV

Bride in wedding dress by Hollick

Ruth Hollick ~ Mrs. A. E. M. Kirkwood [whole-length portrait with long wedding dress, headpiece and long veil] Glass negative
Ruth Hollick ~ Mrs. A. E. M. Kirkwood [whole-length, standing, wearing long wedding dress, headpiece and long veil] src SLV
Ruth Hollick ~ Mrs. A. E. M. Kirkwood [full-length, standing, wearing long wedding dress, headpiece and long veil] src SLV
Ruth Hollick ~ Mrs. A. E. M. Kirkhood [in wedding dress], ca. 1920s. Glass negative | src SLV · State Library of Victoria

Bride portrait by Ruth Hollick

Ruth Hollick (1883-1977) ~ Mrs. A.M. Kirkwood (seated), 1920s. Gelatin silver print | src National Gallery of Australia
Ruth Hollick (1883-1977) ~ Mrs. A.M.E. Kirkwood (seated), 1920s. Gelatin silver print | src NGA · National Gallery of Australia
Ruth Hollick ~ Mrs. A. E. M. Kirkhood [in wedding dress], ca. 1920s. Glass negative | src SLV · State Library of Victoria

Child fashion shot by Hollick

Image shows a girl, whole-length, standing beside table, holding a bouquet of flowers.
Ruth Hollick (1883-1977) ~ Child Fashion for ‘The Home’, December 1920. Ball & Welsh [Fashion illustration for Ball and Welsh, published in The Home magazine]. Glass negative | src SLV · State Library of Victoria

Ruth Hollick was an Australian commercial photographer who became famous for her portraits of children. She worked from about 1910 in Melbourne.

Three Graces · Bower Hesser

Edwin Bower Hesser three nudes
Edwin Bower Hesser :: Three nude models along the sand dunes – a variation on the “Three Graces” series. A threesome of pretty flappers enjoying the solitude of the California Coast. Original: late 1920s – early 1930s. | src eBay
Edwin Bower Hesser three nudes
Edwin Bower Hesser :: Three nude models along the sand dunes – a variation on the “Three Graces” series. A threesome of pretty flappers enjoying the solitude of the California Coast, late 1920s – early 1930s. Gelatin silver print. | src eBay

Germaine Laborde by Alfred Noyer, 1920s

Alfred Noyer :: Germaine Laborde. Female nude. French postcard style. AN studio stamp on verso, 1920s | source HZG and truusbobjantoo via hauntedbystorytelling

Germaine Laborde was Miss France 1928, after being elected Miss Gascogne in 1927. The photograph may have been taken around these years.

Étude de nu, 1926

František Drtikol (1883 – 1961) :: Étude [Female seminude], 1926. | source BlouinArt via hauntedbystorytelling | more [+] by this photographer