
Louis Blériot traverse la Manche,
25 juillet 1909 / Louise Blériot crossing English Channel while fishermen watching from boat at the beach, July 25, 1909 / Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, Paris – Le Bourget – Agence Monde et Caméra
images that haunt us

Louis Blériot traverse la Manche,
25 juillet 1909 / Louise Blériot crossing English Channel while fishermen watching from boat at the beach, July 25, 1909 / Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, Paris – Le Bourget – Agence Monde et Caméra

Suzy Béryl in costume designed by Erté (aka Romain de Tirtoff) for The Folies Bergère, 1924. The Russian costume designer often referred to as the father of Art Deco, who had a huge influence on fashion, Hollywood, dance and art and made costumes for Radio City Music Hall, the Paris Opera. / sources: Folies Bergere and Messynessy

The Nile, from la Revue des Folies Bergère, 1924. Costumes by Russian designer Erté (aka Romain de Tirtoff) / source: eliz.avery

Max Platz :: Minna K. Gale as Ophelia in Hamlet / src: broadway.cas.sc.edu/

From the early 20th century Swedish play,
Ett drömspel (Swedish) / Ein Traumspiel (German) /
A Dream Play
by August Strindberg, published in 1902. The premiere of the piece was on April 17, 1907 in Svenska Teatern in Stockholm. / source: imgur

Otto Sarony :: Cecilia ‘Cissie’ Loftus as Ophelia in Hamlet / src: broadway.cas.sc.edu
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Dolores or Rose Dolores (born Kathleen Mary Rose Wilkinson), Ziegfeld Follies girl, ca. 1920
/ source: the-queen-of-mars
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Ernst Schneider :: Burlesque dancer Betty Delaune in an ostrich feather costume in the Eric
Charell revue ‘Für Dich’ in the Grosses Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1925 –
Published by: ‘Uhu’ 26/02/1925 / src: Getty Images

Ernst
Schneider :: German dancer and film star of the silent and sound era Camilla Horn. [Ross Mäppchen – Tobacco Cards / source: Atelier Ernst Schneider, Berlin]