
Albert Arthur Allen :: from Harem series / src: historical ziegfeld
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Albert Arthur Allen :: from Harem series / src: historical ziegfeld

Fille Arabe / Arabian Young Woman with tambourine, no date. Vintage postcard. / via mudwerks

Jules Richard ::
Female Nudes at L’Atrium, a studio constructed for the purpose of receiving and photographing young women. The Greek theme was employed to give otherwise pornographic images (by the standards of their time) an air of artistic acceptability. Between 1900′s-1920′s. / via
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Jules Richard :: Female Nudes at L’Atrium, a studio constructed for the purpose of receiving and photographing young women. The Greek theme was employed to give otherwise pornographic images (by the standards of their time) an air of artistic acceptability. Between 1900′s-1920′s. / via la-gaufrette
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Clarence Sinclair Bull :: Greta Garbo in Mata Hari, directed by George Fitzmaurice, 1931 (Getty Images) / source: vumag.pl and GettyImages

Zhang Haier :: Hu Yuanli
at the fireplace, Paris, 1992. From Bad Girls series. Vintage gelatin silver print. / source: blindspot gallery
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Emil Otto Hoppé :: Diana Verne, dancer, holding a snake, 1922 / source: E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection
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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