Category: 1930s

Die Tänzerin Riki Raab, 1930

Franz Xaver Setzer :: Die Tänzerin Riki Raab | Dancer Riki Raab, Austria, December 1930. Bromide silver print. | src Albertina Museum via haunted by storytelling
Written on carton (verso) “M.u. Liebeszauber! Dem genalen / Zauberer der herrlichsten Kostüme gweidmet, / Als Dank & Erinnerung an / Riki Raab / Dez. 1930 M.u. Liebeszauber! Dedicated to the genius / magician of the most gorgeous costumes, / As a thanks & reminder / Riki Raab / Dec. 1930″

Sari Maritza, 1931

Chaplins neue Partnerin. Sari Maritza, die beliebte Londoner Schauspielerin, soll im nächsten Chaplin-film eine Hauptrolle spielen. | Chaplin’s new partner. Sari Maritza, the popular London actress, will play a leading role in the next Chaplin film. Published in Revue des Monats, June 1931. | src Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig

Boris Pasternak and Korney Chukovsky, 1934

Boris Ignatovich :: Boris Pasternak and Korney Chukovsky, Moscow, 1934. Gelatin silver print mounted on board.| src Nailya Alexander Gallery
“The writers Boris Pasternak and Korney Chukovsky attend the First Inaugural Soviet Writer’s Congress. Established two years prior, the Writer’s Union abolished all independent literary organizations in the USSR. It also granted the two writers neighboring homes in the town of Peredelniko where Pasternak wrote Doctor Zhivago.” quoted from source