Ann Pennington by White studio

White studio :: Jazz age revue showgirl Ann Pennington caught by the photographer while dancing the Black Bottom, 1920s. Pennington starred on Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, notably in the Ziegfeld Follies and George White’s Scandals. | src Grapefruitmoon gallery on eBay
White studio :: Ann Pennington caught by the photographer while dancing the Black Bottom, 1920s. | src Grapefruitmoon Gallery

Ruth Bayton, ca. 1927

Atelier d’Ora – Benda ~ Ruth Bayton, die Erfinderin des Blackbottom Tanzes. Published in Das Leben, August 1927 | src Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft

Revuetänzerin Ruth Bayton, 1927

Atelier d’Ora – Benda ~ Ruth Bayton, Revuetänzerin von Folies Wagram im der Revue: ‘Der Zug nach dem Westen’ erschienen Uhu Magazin 10/1927. | Ruth Bayton, revue dancer from Follies Wagram in the revue: ‘The train to the west’ published in Uhu magazine 10/1927. | src Getty Images
Brauner Samt. Ruth Bayton, die behauptet, den Black Bottom erfunden zu haben. UHU Magazin B.3 H.10, Juli 1927

Ruth Bayton by Atelier Balasz

Atelier Balasz ~ Ruth Bayton of the Folies Wagram. Full lenght portrait in a banana skirt, role-picture in the Revue ‘Der Zug nach dem Westen’ (The Train to the West), 1926. Published in ‘Berliner Morgenpost’ 10.11.1926. | src Getty Images