“Steiner Sisters”, 1927

Atelier Martin Badekow :: Dancer Jenny Steiner dancing with a puppet (“Steiner Sisters”) in a revue by Rudolf Nelson, 1927. Published in nº 42/1927. Ullstein Bild | src Getty Images

Costume for Alles aus Liebe, 1927

Atelier d’ Ora (Benda) :: Revuegirl im “Rathaus-Kostüm”. Kostümporträt: Alles aus Liebe Revue, 30.9.1927. | Showgirl in “Rathaus-Kostüm” Costume portrait: ‘Everything for Love’ revue, 9.30.1927. | src and © Theatermuseum, Wien

Costume for Alles aus Liebe, 1927


Atelier d’ Ora – Benda :: Revuegirl im “Karlskirche-Kostüm”. Kostümporträt: Alles aus Liebe Revue, 30.9.1927. | Showgirl in “Karlskirche costume”. Costume portrait: ‘Everything for Love’ revue, 9.30.1927. | src and © Theatermuseum, Wien

Women in balloon costume

Honor Blackman, English actress, wearing a bunch of balloons in a studio portrait, ca. 1950. Photo: Paul Popper | src Getty Images
Dancer Helen Barnes, wearing a costume and headpiece decorated with balloons. Ziegfeld Midnight Frolics. Photo: White (NY)

Ziegfeld Midnight Frolics : The Ziegfeld midnight frolics was an annual review playing at New York City’s New Amsterdam Roof that was produced from 1912 through 1929. “Helen Barnes, ‘Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic’, Danse de Follies, New Amsterdam Roof”– written on verso.

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Rigmor Rasmussen in Der Zug nach dem Westen

Atelier Balázs ~ Rigmor Rasmussen in the revue ‘Der Zug nach dem Westen’ (The Train to the West), Berlin, 1926 | src getty images

Ruth Bayton by Willinger

Laszlo Willinger ~ French revue dancer Ruth Bayton with banana skirt in the Revue ‘Der Zug nach dem Westen’ (The Train to the West) at the Apollo Theater, 1927 (published: Quer (sic) 5/1927) | src Getty Images

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