Tag: jazz age

Movement study, 1920s

John de Mirjian (de Mirjian studio, NYC) :: Ethereal study in movement of an unidentified Jazz Age showgirl, 1922-1928. | src WorthPoint

Ruth Bayton, ca. 1927

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

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

Vintage ca. late 1910′s / early 1920′s photograph of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls the Fairbanks Twins, Madeline and Marion, in a spirited jazz age costume view. Though not actually twins, the sisters were a fixture in vaudeville, early silent film, and become featured stars in the Ziegfeld Follies and Midnight Frolic revues. (by Culver Pictures Inc., NY) / src: Grapefruit Moon Gallery