Albert Witzel :: Vintage and original photograph of silent film actress May Allison. A fashionable pictorialist offering. Allison stuns in an lavish fur coat that reveal just a hint of her embroidered silk stockings. This is a beautifully composed antique portrait from Hollywood’s early years,

ca. late 1910′s – early 1920′s (Metro Pictures ink stamp on verso) / src: eBay 

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Charles Gates Sheldon :: Portrait of silent film and stage actress Olive Borden. Nicknamed ‘The Joy Girl’, 1920′s. (Camera negative.) Borden was known for her jet black hair and overall beauty.

This photograph was taken by the American illustrator and amateur photographer as an aid for his pastel portraiture work. It was from this sitting that Sheldon created the pastel that went on to be the cover of the August 1927 issue of Photoplay Magazine. A beautiful jazz age still. / src: Grapefruit Moon Gallery on eBay

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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