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Winnie Garrett aka. “The Flaming Redhead” ‘Club HA-HA’ on NYC’s famed 52nd Street was home-base for Winnie.. She performed consecutive 14-week runs there, from 1948 to 1958.. Shown here, are a couple items from Winnie’s own scrapbook:
Vintage FLIP Strip “Burlesque Girl” novelty card.. Produced in 1945 by the S.S. Adams company; located in Ashbury Park, New Jersey.. The card features a pinup girl that sequentially “strips” as you lift each progressive cel layer
“Hi Honey – Please take me home with you..” Zorita appears on a complimentary 60’s-era “standee” card gifted to patrons attending her own ‘Zorita’s Show Bar’ nightclub; located in Miami, Florida.. These souvenirs
burleskateer: Please help the ‘Burlesque Hall of Fame’ in Las Vegas find new storage facilities for their collection, if you’re able to.. Click here, to find out how!
ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOVEMENT say —-AYE! Vintage 40’s-era linen postcard features a showgirl dancing above “Bald-Headed Row”..
Vintage Burlesque “BUBBLES” novelty toy.. Produced in 1952, this rubber latex Showgirl features a modest bustline that jumps beyond a DD-cup, when the toy is squeezed properly.. An accompanying Instruction leaflet adds: “the Bathing Suit is
Vintage 50’s-era promotional brochure for the World Famous ‘LATIN QUARTER’ nightclub in New York City..
Vintage 50’s-era matchbook for Pete De Cenzie’s ‘EL REY Theatre’ in downtown Oakland, California.. The venue was made famous by Tempest Storm, who performed there annually, during her long Burlesque career..
mudwerks: Vintage 50’s-era matchbook for the ‘RINGSIDE Club’; located just outside downtown Houston, Texas.. (via paul.malon)
Vintage 50’s-era matchbook for ‘The L & L Café’ located on Chicago’s West Side.. Purportedly, it was “The Gayest Spot In Town”!!
Vintage matchbooks featuring Billy Rose’s ‘DIAMOND HORSESHOE’ nightclub; located at NYC’s Times Square, on 46th Street, West of Broadway.. Billy Rose was a famous songwriter, theatre owner, and longtime Burlesque impresario.. He opened
Vintage 50’s-era matchbook for ‘'GAYETY Theatre Lounge’ located on Collins Avenue at 20th Street; in Miami Beach, Florida.. Look into their “Special Group Rates”!!
Vintage 50’s-era matchbook for ‘The ROSE BOWL’ nightclub, located somewhere in Chicago.. No address listed, but you could always try phoning: “Delaware - 2819”
Vintage cover design to “Strip Tease Stories”; as published by ‘Americana Press’ in 1949.. A small digest of bawdy stories and stag jokes, they were most likely sold by candy butchers (or in the lobbies) at Burlesque theatres..
Natasa aka. “The Golden Girl”.. Appearing on both a promo postcard and a complimentary 60’s-era “table-topper” card gifted to patrons attending the ‘CHORAGE Club’; located in Atlanta’s Hotel Clairmont..
Vintage 50’s-era matchbook for the ‘Silver Palm’ nightclub, located at 1117 Wilson Avenue; in Chicago, Illinois.. Simply phone “SUnnyside 4-9108” for reservations!!
Venus The Body (aka. Jean Smyle) poses as the “3 of Diamonds” for a 50’s-era novelty playing card deck..
Vintage 50’s-era matchbook for the ‘CLUB HOLLYWOOD’ nightclub, located at 293 North Washington Avenue; in Bridgeport, Connecticut..
Beautiful graphic design is featured on a vintage 50’s-era coaster from ‘The BOMB SHELTER’.. This nightclub was operated by Hank Bickles and Jack Groat; and was located in Long Beach, California..
IT’S THE NAKED TRUTH! LIFE’S PRETTY BARE.. Vintage 1951 linen postcard sent from York Beach, Maine.. It features a showgirl teasing some of the members of “Bald-Headed Row”..
Vintage press photo from March of ‘79 features Jennie Lee posing with just some of the Burlesque-related memorabilia she’s collected over the years.. This room in her Palos Verdes home served as a makeshift “museum”.. But by the
Betty Rowland aka. “The Ball of Fire”.. Front-and-Back of a vintage souvenir drink coaster from the ‘Colony Club’ nightclub, located in Los Angeles, CA..
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ephemera-phile: Sheet music cover detail, What Do We Do on a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day, Irving Berlin Inc., ca. 1927
ephemera-phile: Publ. by Treasure Chest Publications (NY), 1937
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ephemera-phile: Magazine ad, Look, Nov. 20, 1962 issue.
ephemera-phile: Portion of Drink List on back cover of The Blue Room Supper Menu, The Roosevelt hotel, New Orleans, LA, May 1963
ephemera-phile: Postcard, mid 1970s
