
The Epp Sisters, ca. 1928

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Two chorus girls in the revue ‘Wien lacht wieder’, by Karl Farkas and Fritz Gruenbaum, Stadttheater, Vienna, 1929 (Photo by Imagno / Getty Images via vintage spirit)

Chorus Line Up, 22nd January 1929: Chorus girls dressed in black
chiffon costumes form a line behind a huge backdrop with an Art Deco
motif. (source: John Kobal Foundation via Getty Images)

The famous high kick! at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 1964, the Rockettes (in teensy onesies) perform in front of thousands of bundled-up onlookers. From NBC/NBCU. Photo Bank/Getty Images. / src: Vanity Fair

The Rockettes on stage cut a sharp, diagonally receding line—in white and top hats—against the dark backdrop. Originally just one line of dancers, the Rockettes today encompass two 40-girl casts, 1937 (Bettman Corbis) / source: vanityfair.com

Girls of ‘The Merry Whirl’ applying their make-up on Manhattan Beach, New York, where they are holding a water carnival, ca. 1924 / via mudwerks (src:
whataboutbobbed)