Tag: 1940s

Wreckages, 1902-1958

Wreck on Ballston Beach, 1915 (?). Postcard. Truro, Massachusetts Historical Postcard Collection. | src Digital Commonwealth
Wreck on Ballston Beach, 1915 (?). Postcard. Truro, Massachusetts Historical Postcard Collection. | src Digital Commonwealth
Wreck on Ballston Beach, 1915 (?). Postcard. Truro, Massachusetts Historical Postcard Collection. | src Digital Commonwealth
The wreck of the “Castagna”, So. Wellfleet, Feb. 17, 1914. Postcard. Truro, Massachusetts Historical Postcard Collection. | src Digital Commonwealth
Arthur Alvin :: Wreck of Cape Ann, 1948. Eastham Historical Society. | src Digital Commonwealth
Arthur Alvin :: Wreck of Cape Ann, 1948. Eastham Historical Society. | src Digital Commonwealth
The ‘Jennie C. May’ wrecked on the Peaked Hill Bars ca. 1902. Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 – 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 28 | Provincetown History Preservation Project
The ‘Jennie C. May’ wrecked on the Peaked Hill Bars ca. 1902. Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 – 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 28 | Provincetown History Preservation Project
The dragger Paulmino awash in the surf on back shore, 1958. Ross Moffett Collection | src Provincetown History Preservation Project

Revue de la Danse, 1948

Serge Lido :: Yvette Chauviré. Revue de la Danse, Mars 1948. | src CND ~ Centre national de la danse ~ Médiathèque
Danseuses anglaises (Cirque d’Été, 1894). Revue de la Danse, Mars 1948. | src CND ~ Centre national de la danse ~ Médiathèque
Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées au Caire. Revue de la Danse, Mars 1948. | src CND ~ Centre national de la danse ~ Médiathèque
Les Mirages, choréographie de Serge Lifar. Revue de la Danse, Mars 1948. | src CND ~ Centre national de la danse ~ Médiathèque

Female nude at the beach, 1940s

John Everard :: Female Nude outdoors, standing on beach, ca. 1940s. | src vintageads on eBay
John Everard :: Female Nude outdoors at the beach, ca. 1940s. | src vintageads on eBay
John Everard :: Female Nude outdoors, standing on rocks, ca. 1940s. | src eBay
John Everard :: Female Nude (half nude, close up) outdoors, ca. 1940s. | src eBay

Stella Kadmon, beach of Tel Aviv

Stella Kadmon on the beach of Tel Aviv, ca. 1940s © Theatermuseum Wien. Stella Kadmon was an enthusiastic pioneer of the cabaret stages in Vienna. At the age of 29 she founded Vienna’s first literary and political cabaret, “Lieber Augustin” in the cellar of Café Prückl. On March 9, 1938, the last performance at “Lieber Augustin” took place. Due to persecution and war, the troupe was scattered to the four winds, and not everyone survived. [read more] | src Jüdisches Museum Wien

Jako-Mica in catsuit 1940s

Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot), dancer at Casino de Paris, ca. 1940s
Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot), dancer at Casino de Paris, ca. 1940s
Anonymous Studio Photos.
Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot), dancer at Casino de Paris in the Troops of Carla Conté, circa 1940s
sources Zvab and Abebooks

Contortionist Alberto

Huis van Alijn :: Contortionist Alberto. Albert Van Royen (1904-1980) became famous as the contortionist Alberto or the Human Alligator. | src The House of Alijn, Gent, Belgium
Huis van Alijn :: Contortionist Alberto. Albert Van Royen (1904-1980) became famous as the contortionist Alberto or the Human Alligator. | src The House of Alijn, Gent, Belgium

Valeska Gert, ‘Olé’, 1940

Lisette Model :: Valeska Gert, ‘Olé’, 1940. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the Estate of Lisette Model. | src National Gallery of Canada
Lisette Model :: Valeska Gert, ‘Olé’, 1940. Gelatin silver print. | src National Gallery of Canada