
Elli Seraidari-Sougiultzoglou (Nelly’s) :: The Hungarian dancer Nikolska in the Parthenon, Athens, 1929 / source: The Benaki Museum
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Elli Seraidari-Sougiultzoglou (Nelly’s) :: The Hungarian dancer Nikolska in the Parthenon, Athens, 1929 / source: The Benaki Museum

Martin Badekow :: Marlene Dietrich, 1926-1927. Gelatin silver print. / src: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Art Library

Actress Lya Mara, born
Aleksandra Gudowicz (1897-1960), 1920′s. Ross Verlag vintage photo postcard / source: virtual-history-movie

Miriam Marmein, donning a “ship” costume and headdress,
posing for a portrait by the artist Edith Bry in January 1927. Miriam was one of the three Marmein Sisters, noted dancers and mimes who started performing in 1924. / source: NY Times

Actress Helen Foster posing for a portrait while wearing “Pilgrim” garb and holding a live turkey, November 1927 (source: NYTimes)

Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraïdari [aka Nelly’s] :: Hungarian dancer Nikolska / Lila Nicolska (Yelizaveta Nikolska), 1929 / src: historical zieglfeld
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Martin Badekow :: Marlene Dietrich, 1926-1927. Gelatin silver print. / src: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Art Library
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Hungarian dancer Nikolska / Lila Nicolska, Jelizaveta Nikolska (Elizaveta Nikolaevna Bulkina),
Folies Bergère, 1928 / src: Ziegfeld Folies
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Polish actress Pola Negri in Three Sinners, 1928. Directed by Rowland V. Lee. / src: Dr. Macro’s movie scans
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