Tag: vaudeville

Six Diving Nymphs, 1915

Six Diving Nymphs. Performers in Charles T. Earl’s aquatic vaudeville act. The 17 Oct., 1915 issue of the New York Clipper commented on the act’s Saturday night, 10 October performance at Dale’s Theater, 116th street; “Mr. Earl has a classy looking half dozen girls in his act and each is a graceful performer, besides showing up well in abbreviated different colored union suits.” | src gt_hawk63 on Flickr

Vaudeville dancer Ann Linn, 1922

Clara E. Sipprell :: Ann Linn dancing now in vaudeville with Lou Lockett. Shadowland, April 1922 issue. | src archive.org

The Five Barrisons

Gustav Liersch & Co. :: Barrison Sisters. Tanzfoto. Gertrude Barrison, Lona Barrison, Sophia Barrison, Inger Barrison and Olga Barrison in vaudeville costumes. | src Theatermuseum Wien

The Barrison Sisters

Gustav Liersch & Co. :: Barrison Sisters. Tanzfoto. Gertrude Barrison, Lona Barrison, Sophia Barrison, Inger Barrison and Olga Barrison in vaudeville costumes. | src Theatermuseum Wien

Sisters of Terpsichore, 1920

Hixon-Connelly Studio :: Sisters Miriam and Irene Marmein. Sisters of Terpsichore. Published in Shadowland, January 1920 issue. | src Internet Archive (LofC)

Terpsichore, 1920

Hixon-Connelly Studio :: The Marmein sisters.
Caption reads: Vaudeville has offered a great deal to Terpsichore but nothing more colorful than the offering of the Marmein sisters
Published in Shadowland, January 1920 issue. | src Internet Archive (LofC)

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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