images that haunt us
Vintage ca. late 1910′s / early 1920′s photograph of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls the Fairbanks Twins, Madeline and Marion, in a spirited jazz age costume view. Though not actually twins, the sisters were a fixture in vaudeville, early silent film, and become featured stars in the Ziegfeld Follies and Midnight Frolic revues. (by Culver Pictures Inc., NY) / src: Grapefruit Moon Gallery
Swedish writer Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (born Ericsson), known for her book Pippi Longstocking, and her son Lars, ca. 1930 / via gerda kay
Florence Vidor and Hedda Hopper, in stylish flapper fashions – from their ornate gowns with jewels to their bobbed hairstyles. A wonderful old jazz age still from silent Hollywood for promotional use for silent comedy One Woman to Another (Paramount Pictures, 1927) / source
Vintage sexy pin-up photograph of silent film vamp Dorothy Revier being served up to viewers on a platter. A tantalizing portrait of the actress for her film Sinner’s Parade (1928)
On dorso: Culver Pictures Inc., NY. The press snipe reads: “A DISH FIT FOR A KING … Dorothy Revier is the star attraction of the night club in Columbia’s SINNERS’ PARADE.” source
Vintage snapshot of people in the beach lined up, 1930′s / src: eBay
Evelyn Brent in The Last Command, directed by Josef von Sternberg, 1928 / via mudwerks
Julian Mandel :: Seated nude in profile, probably 1910′s-1920′s / src: Wikimedia Commons
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Adolf Fassbender :: Total solar eclipse as seen from New York City on January 24th, 1925 / via punlovsin
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