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Italian postcard by Cecami, no. 118. / src Flickr via
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Peter Gowland ::
Play with stripes: with model Jo Anne Aehle, 1950′s-1960′s. From the Exhibition ‘Peter Gowland’s Girls’ (2016) / source: Peter Gowland’s Girls
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This is a fun and festive old Hollywood Christmas portrait with a
flirtatious pin-up style, 1938 / source: eBay
The press
snipe reads: These lovelies, ‘The Seven Cinderellas’ of Paramount’s
‘Artists and Models Abroad,’ are, left to right: Mary ‘Punkins’ Parker,
Dolores Casey, Joyce Mathews, Marie De Forest, Yvonne Duval, Sheila
Darcy and Gwen Kenyon.
Underwood & Underwood :: Vintage publicity / advertising photograph of
silent film actress Dorothy Janis,
late 1920′s. Dorothy shows off her toned figure and strength on the
state-of-the-art at home gym (the Gym-Junior).
Photographer’s ink stamp, handwritten notations & paper caption on verso. / source: eBay
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Thelma Todd Original Vintage 1930′s photograph signed with personal note on verso: “With pleasant memories of a delightful afternoon. Most sincerely, ThelmaTodd” / src: eBay
Frank Powolny
:: Smiling coyly over her shoulder in
swimsuit and pumps was the actress Betty Grable, whose iconic image
above became the number-one pin-up of the World War II (1943). A
photographic masterpiece that emphasized Grable’s
beautiful legs. Hers were the ideal legs according to hosiery
specialists of the era [thigh (18.5″) calf (12″), and ankle
(7.5″)]. Grable was noted for having the most beautiful legs in
Hollywood and studio publicity widely dispersed photos featuring them.
They were insured for a million dollars at the Lloyds of London.
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Chili Williams, born Marian Sorenson, wearing a polka-dot bikini appeared in Life magazine, 1943. Over the next few months she received more than 350,000 fan letters. She quickly became one of the soldiers favorite pin-up girls and was nicknamed ‘The Polka-Dot Girl’. / image and text source: Grapefruit Moon on eBay
Clarence Sinclair Bull :: Vintage and original pre-code Hollywood pin-up photograph of silent film and early talkie actress Edwina Booth, early 1930’s.
The press snipe on verso reads: “She sighs by the seaside! Edwina Booth, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featured player, gives her impression in blackout of what the well dressed bathing belle wears when she takes her daily dip.”
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Shelley Fabares in the musical comedy ‘Girl Happy’ (directed by Boris Sagal, MGM, 1965). Elvis Presley (starring the film with Shelley Fabares) sings ‘Yes, she is evil’ in the film.
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