
Kees Scherer :: Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1953-1958 | src
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“Mack Sennett Girl,” circa 1919. Actress Marvel Rea, one of film producer Mack Sennett’s well-rounded “bathing girls”, in somewhat mouldy National Photo glass negative. From a series of pictures using cars and tires as props. 1 src and hi-res Shorpy
Probably edited from this photograph. [zoom in detail of hands’ retouching]

Willy Römer :: Thea Alba, “l’unique”, was able to write simultaneously with ten fingers, her feet and her mouth. At ‘Wintergarten’ variété theather, Berlin, 1931. | Réunion des Musées Nationaux
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Alfred Cheney Johnston :: Muriel Martin in costume for the Ziegfeld Follies, published in Shadowland magazine, September 1922 issue. / source: Library of Congress: Moving Image Section
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Alfred Cheney Johnston :: Eleanor Dell in costume for Ziegfeld Follies, published in Shadowland magazine, September 1922 issue. /
source: Library of Congress: Moving Image Section
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Flores La Due performing fancy rope trick at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, ca.1912 / source: Twitter

Alfred Cheney Johnston :: Adrienne Ames, Ziegfeld Girl, ca. 1920-1925 | via
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John de Mirjian :: Ziegfeld showgirl Margaret Tot Qualters, 1920-25 / src:
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