Tag: unknown photographer

Dressler in lampshade hat · 1909

[Marie Dressler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing lamp shade style hat on her head], ca. 1909 [detail]
[Marie Dressler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing lamp shade style hat on her head], ca. 1909 | src L. of Congress

Rubber beauty masks · ca. 1921

Detail from: Rubber beauty masks modelled by two women at a typewriter, 1921
Rubber beauty masks, worn to remove wrinkles and blemishes; modelled by two women at a typewriter, 1921 | src Wellcome collection
Rubber beauty masks, worn to remove wrinkles and blemishes; modelled by two women at a typewriter, ca. 1921 | src Wellcome collection

High (Fun) Fashion Stockings

The latest fashion in England is stockings for women, such as the Scottish Highlanders wear | src Fotocollectie Het Leven
Photo: Five ladies wearing long stockings are watched by a Scotsman in traditional costume as they pass by, 1927
A woman shows stockings (leg) with peacock feathers incorporated. The Roaring Twenties at its best, 1926. (Place and maker unknown) | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)
Stockings with separate toe pieces, 1932 | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)
Images of faces on stockings are the rage of the moment in Paris. A young lady wears the new stockings with an image of herself printed on the satin, Paris, France 1926 | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)
Embroidered stocking with black cat, 1914 | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)
Fur-trimmed garters, United States of America, 1926 | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)

The White Cat · Ballets Russes

‘The White Cat’ in ‘Le Mariage d’Aurore’ (Aurora’s Wedding), Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938 (detail from original photograph) © Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne

In 1936 Australian audiences witnessed firsthand the spectacle of the Ballets Russes, with the arrival of the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet. This company, lead by Colonel Wassily de Basil, was one of a number of Ballets Russes companies that were formed in the wake of the dissolution of Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes following his death in 1929. This first tour concluded in 1937 and was followed by two more tours by de Basil’s Ballets Russes companies, the Covent Garden Russian Ballet in 1938-1939 and Original Ballet Russe in 1939-1940.

‘The White Cat’ in ‘Le Mariage d’Aurore’ (Aurora’s Wedding), Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938 © Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne
‘The White Cat’ in ‘Le Mariage d’Aurore’, Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938 © Australian Performing Arts Collection
Image kindly provided by Arts Centre Melbourne | Wurundjeri Country

femme et chat · deux intimes

Deux intimes (fig. 4). Young woman playing with her cat. France, ca. 1900. Half of a stereographic card. RV-443542 © Roger Viollet | src getty images
Deux intimes (fig. 6). Young woman playing with her cat. France, ca. 1900. Half of a stereographic card. RV-443540 © Roger Viollet | src getty images
Portraits mondains (94). Young woman playing with her cat owing a mirror. France, ca. 1900. Half of a stereographic card. RV-443543 © Roger Viollet | src getty images
Portraits mondains (43). Young woman stroking her cat in a sofa. France, ca. 1900. Half of a stereographic card. RV-443536 © Roger Viollet | src getty images