Dancing the “Lindbergh Hop”

George Rinhart :: “These pretty girls from the Honeymoon Lane Company introduce the latest dance step, called the Lindbergh Hop, in honor of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh of New York to Paris nonstop flight fame. The girls are, left to right, Marjorie Joesting, Dorothy Proudlock, Emerita Monsch, and Anita Foy.” (original caption) | src Getty Images

Les Lucioles [The Fireflies], 1911

Waléry :: Mlle. Napierkowska de l’Opéra-Comique “Les Lucioles” [The Fireflies] (ballet), February 1911. (Photo © Apic) | src Getty Images and HPrints

Marja Björnström-Ottelin

Marja Björnström-Ottelin, foto: Jan de Meyere. | src Dansmuseet • IG

Marja Björnström-Ottelin, foto: okänd. | src Dansmuseet on IG

Marja Björnström-Ottelin, foto: P. Delbo, Paris. | src Dansmuseet on IG

Marja Björnström-Ottelin, foto: Jan de Meyere. | src Dansmuseet on IG

“Mind your Ass”, 1938

Gerry Cranham :: Charlie Jass in pantomime donkey costume accosts a young lady in Kennington Road, London, 3rd December 1938. (Photo by Gerry Cranham) | src Getty Images

Die drei Ladies, 1953-1962

Fee Schlapper :: Die drei Ladies, 1953-1962. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

Halloween Girl, 1920s

Halloween Girl and Her Pumpkin: A young girl in the mouth of a cut out pumpkin on Halloween, mid to late 1920s. (Photo by Underwood Archives) | src Getty Images

Sea Turkeys, 1934

David Savill :: The ship’s chef and a kitchen worker displaying the Christmas turkeys through portholes on the P&O liner ‘Viceroy of India’ at Tilbury, Essex, 21st December 1934. (Photo by Topical Press Agency). | src Getty Images

Donkey in a 2cv Citroen, ca. 1950

Donkey in a 2cv Citroen car, France, ca. 1950. | src Roger Viollet Collection – Getty Images

Mona Maris by Balász, 1928

Atelier Balasz :: Schauspielerin Mona Maris in dem Karnevalskostuem “Tirolienne”. Modell: Herrmann Gerson. Entwurf: Joe Strasser. Veröffentlicht: Die Dame 8/1929. | Actress Mona Maris in a “Tirolienne” carnival costume. Published in Die Dame 8/1929. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Valeska Gert posing comically

James Abbe :: German dancer Valeska Gert posing comically on top of a hamper, ca 1926. She shocked the audience at the Champs Elysees by following the dancing tradition of Isadora Duncan. (Photo by James Abbe for General Photographic Agency). | src and hi-res Getty Images