Category: Alfred Cheney Johnston

Albertina Rasch Girls Rio Rita

Albertina Rasch Dancers in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)

Sally Long by A.C. Johnston

Alfred Cheney Johnston (1884-1971) :: Sally Long in “The Midnight Rounders” at Broadway, 1921. Vintage gelatin silver print. | src Ader
Alfred Cheney Johnston :: Sally Long. Duotone portrait. Published in Photoplay magazine (Jan. 1919). | src internet archive

Betty Carlsdale, Z. Follies, 1921

Alfred Cheney Johnston (1884-1971) :: Betty Carlsdale in the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway, 1921. Vintage gelatin silver print. | src Ader
Betty Carsdale (sic) of Ziegfeld Follies, 1921 | src eBay

Female nude, 1930s

Alfred Cheney Johnston :: Art Deco Female Nude, 1930s. Original vintage lithographic print. | src vintageads on eBay

Lina Basquette, Dancing Star

Alfred Cheney Johnston :: Lina Basquette, Dancing Star, gelatin silver print, titled in pencil, numbered ‘Copy – 191’ in pen on verso, with photographer’s stamp as well as a copyright stamp for George R. Rinhart. | src liveauctioneers

Lina Basquette, Dancing Star

Alfred Cheney Johnston :: Lina Basquette, Dancing Star, gelatin silver print, titled in pencil, numbered ‘Copy – 191’ in pen on verso, with photographer’s stamp as well as a copyright stamp for George R. Rinhart. | src liveauctioneers