Lo Hesse in ‘Ahnfrau’, 1924

Franz Xaver Setzer :: German dancer Lo Hesse as ‘Ahnfrau’ (Ancestress) in a costume designed by Walter Schnackenberg, Vienna, 1924. (Photographie von Archiv Setzer-Tschiedel) | src Getty Images

Roshanara by Bassano (1915)

Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915 (bromide print) | src NPG
Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915 (whole-plate glass negative) | src NPG
Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915 (whole-plate glass negative) | src NPG
Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915 (whole-plate glass negative) | src NPG
Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915 (whole-plate glass negative) | src NPG
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Three nude dancers ca. 1927

Paul Jsenfels :: Dancers, Stuttgart Dance School, printed 1927. Photoengraving. | src liveauctioneers
Paul Jsenfels :: Dancers, Stuttgart Dance School, printed 1927. Photoengraving. | src liveauctioneers

Jenny Hasselqvist, 1918

Henry B. Goodwin :: Dancer and actress Jenny Hasselqvist (Jenny Hasselquist), 1918. | src Moderna Museet
Henry B. Goodwin :: Dansös och skådespelerska Jenny Hasselqvist (Jenny Hasselquist), 1918. | src Moderna Museet

We are three million women, 1938

Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) :: We are three women / We are three million women, 1938 | source Münchner Stadtmuseum via Lensculture: Who’s Afraid of Women Photographers? exhibition
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Ira Lagenteels, ca. 1928

Atelier Robertson (1927–1933) :: Dancer Ira Langenteels. From a group of four dance studies (Niddy Impekoven, Ellinor Bahrdt, Trude Engelhart and Ira Langenteels), ca. 1928. Each with the photographer’s studio stamp and handwritten annotations in pencil on the reverse. | src Ostlicht (Westlich) Photo Auction nº 14 (June, 2016)

Sent M’ahesa, 1928

Hanns Holdt :: Sent M’ahesa (Elsa von Carlberg). From Der Kunstlerische Tanz Unserer Zeit [The Artistic Dance of Our Time] by Hermann Aubel and Marianne Aubel. Leipzig, 1928. p. 10. | originally posted on tumblr | src Crossett Library
Ronit Porat :: Untitled, from Kinesphere | Tmuna Theater Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2015 | src Ronit Porat website

Schalk ~ Scoundrel, 1920s

Mario von Bucovich (Atelier Karl Schenker) :: Niddy Impekoven. “Schalk” (Scoundrel). In Der künstlerische Tanz unserer Zeit by Hermann and Marianne Aubel. Leipzig: K.R. Langewiesche, 1928. | src Crossett Library
Karl Schenker :: Niddy Impekoven. “Schalk”. Ross Verlag postcard, series 381/3. | src Photographies pour Tous
Karl Schenker :: Niddy Impekoven. “Schalk”. Ross Verlag postcard, series 381/2. | src Photographies pour Tous
Karl Schenker :: Niddy Impekoven as “Schalk”. Original photograph designed as a postcard, 1920′s. In the border: publisher: “Ross”, Berlin. Publisher’s series No. 381/2. | src Zvab

Ruth Page by Charlotte Fairchild

Ruth Page. Photo by Charlotte Fairchild. Advertisement for Cantilever Shoes. Mid-Week Pictorial, Jan. 26, 1922 | src internet archive
Ruth Page. Photo by Charlotte Fairchild. Advertisement for Cantilever Shoes, 1922. NY Times Mid-Week Pictorial, Jan. 26th, 1922 | src internet archive