
Cecil Beaton :: Lady Diana Cooper, 1930 (src: National Portrait Gallery, via
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Cecil Beaton :: Lady Diana Cooper, 1930 (src: National Portrait Gallery, via
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Edward Steichen :: Olympic diver Katherine Rawls getting ready to vive, 1931. Gelatin silver photograph. Published in Vanity Fair. / src: Condé Nast
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Geiko Tomeko, sometime around the 1930′s / source: Blue Ruin

Swallows in Flight Obi. This postcard dates to around the 1920′s or 1930′s. In Japan, the swallow is a traditional symbolic image for meekness, gentleness, sweetness and grace. It is also an emblem of spring. / via
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Four Maiko Girls, 1930′s, From left to right: Mameraku, [unknown], Tamiko, Satochiyo.
I think that their obi-age (the fabric strip above their sashes) is particularly lovely. src: Blue Ruin

Photograph of Anna Pavlova with a pet dog, undated. Photographer
unknown. / source: Royal Ballet

Marlene Dietrich in The Garden of Allah, directed by Richard Boleslawski, 1936 / src and hi-res: dr. Macro
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