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Del Berta Lee Vintage 30’s-era promo photo personalized: “To Billie & the Shoaregued Dancers — You have a wonderful act and it’s been a pleasure to work with you after admiring it so long, — Sincerely, Del Berta Lee ”..
Gwen Marlow
Benita Francis
Vintage 30’s-era promotional photo personalized by an unidentified dancer: “To one of the nicest co-workers & musicians I have known & worked with, Mike Morgan - Plantation Club ‘32 ”..
Sally Rand Promo photo featuring her infamous “Bubble Dance”..
Renee Villon Vintage promo photo dated from July of 1936..
Sally Rand (and the Burleskateer) wishes you all a very Merry Xmas!!..
Sahji (aka. Madeleine Jackson) One of the most popular exotic dancers of her day.. And cousin to Margot Webb, a fellow headlining dancer at NYC’s famed ‘Cotton Club’ from 1933 to 1939..
Sally Keith aka. “Queen Of The Tassels”.. Vintage promo postcard dated from August of 1936..
TonyaVintage promo photograph dated from August of 1936..
Donna Day (aka. Violet Lunde)
ditavonteese: Posting a page from a circa 1939 book about Burlesque..
Hazel Miller
Margie Kelly
Vintage press photo dated from 1937, features showgirl Sally Rand posing in her Chicago hotel room with some of the balloons she uses in her famed “Bubble Dance”.. Sally hired an Ohio rubber company to develop a translucent balloon large enough, so
The 1936-edition of the souvenir program offered to patrons at Billy Rose’s ‘CASA MAÑANA’ nightclub; which included fan dancer Sally Rand amongst their featured showgirls..
Vintage 30′s-era souvenir program offered to patrons at Billy Rose’s ‘CASA MAÑANA’ nightclub.. This beautiful Art Deco cover was created by illustrator Harold K. Simon, who designed a number of programs for Billy Rose..
Glorified BURLESQUEVintage cover of a very early 30’s-era souvenir program for NYC’s old ‘APOLLO Theatre’ (originally opened as the ‘BRYANT Theatre’).. This was not the famed ‘APOLLO’, that still exists in Harlem.. Appearing on the cover
Cover artwork of a 1936-edition of the souvenir program offered to patrons at ‘BILLY MINSKY’S Hollywood Playhouse’; located in Hollywood, California..
burleskateer: Judith Beautiful vintage 30’s-era promo photo personalized to a friend: “To Christine — For whom the best is none to good — Sincerely, Judith 5 / ‘36 ”..
Jean GaryBeautiful vintage 30’s-era promo photo personalized to a friend: “Hi Harriet — Don’t you wish you could look as “sexy” as this? Even without a “Black G string” — Jean Gary ”..
burleskateer: Zorita (aka. Katherine Boyd Petillo) Vintage press photo from 1937 features Zorita performing her “Wedding Of The Snake” act onstage, with one of her Indigo Snakes…
Tirza (aka. Leona Duval)Vintage promo photo from an appearance at the 1939-edition of the New York World’s Fair, where she would debut her “new” Wine Bath shower.. Sponsored by the Chicago Wine Company, the device featured 2 illuminated
burleskateer: Princess Ahi A popular Chinese dancer during the 30’s-era.. She’s seen here in a promo photo dated from 1933, wearing her “Sophisticated Lady Dance” costume.. She appeared at Chicago’s ‘DRAKE Hotel’ and the infamous mob-owned
Joan Crawford appears in a publicity still from the 1933 MGM film: “DANCING LADY”.. Ms. Crawford portrayed dancer “Janie Barlow”.. The film also featured The Three Stooges in it’s cast, playing stagehands..
Ruth KruseVintage promo photo dated from 1939..
burleskateer: The ‘GLOBE Theatre’ on Atlantic City’s famed “Steel Pier”, opened for business in 1935.. The 1700-seat venue was managed by Jack Beck; and quickly became a popular stop for Burlesque performers travelling on the Mutual Wheel circuit..
burleskateer: Zorita Vintage press photo dated from November of 1938..
burleskateer: Sally Rand Promo photo featuring her infamous “Bubble Dance”..
burleskateer: Helen Reynolds and her World’s Champions Vintage cast photo of Helen Reynolds’ champion skating team.. They performed regularly on the Burlesque theatre circuit, thru the 30’s and early 40’s. And also travelled with the Ringling
Sally Rand Promo photo featuring her infamous “Bubble Dance”..
FAN DANCER BECOMES A “FAWN” DANCER!Vintage press photo dated from April of ‘39 features Faith Bacon strolling down Park Avenue in NYC with her pet deer.. After attracting large crowds to her publicity stunt,– police chose to arrest and book
‘BALLYHOO’ magazine (May 1935)Pinup Cover Art by - Russell Patterson
Ann Corio
burleskateer: Sahji (aka. Madeleine Jackson) Beautiful vintage 30’s-era promo photo of Ms. Jackson, who was a Feature dancer at NYC’s famed ‘Cotton Club’ nightspot from 1933 to 1939.. She personalized the photo to a fellow dancer: “To
burleskateer:Gwen Marlow
burleskateer:Beautiful cover to a vintage 30’s-era program for a ‘Earl Carroll’s Vanities’ burlesque show..
burleskateer: Princess Ahi A popular Chinese dancer during the 30’s-era.. Ahi became a sensation at the 1934 (‘Century Of Progress’ ) edition of the ‘World’s Fair’ in Chicago, where she performed as a dancer in the ‘Hawaiian Gardens’
burleskateer: The Adair Twins (Jeanne & Yvonne) Don’t ask me which is which, ‘cuz I ain’t sure..
burleskateer: Marsha Strand aka. “The Leopard Girl”.. She was born in 1930 in the suburbs of Grand Rapids, Michigan.. Marsha studied both Dance and Commercial Art, while in high school. Shortly after graduating, she found work as a chorus
burleskateer:The 1936-edition of the souvenir program offered to patrons at Billy Rose’s ‘CASA MAÑANA’ nightclub; which included fan dancer Sally Rand amongst their featured showgirls..
Vintage press photo dated from October of ‘38 features showgirl Faith Bacon performing her own “original” version of the Fan Dance.. She’d filed a lawsuit against dancer Sally Rand for stealing her routine, and demanded 踗,000 in damages..
burleskateer: Pat Larson Beautiful promo photo of this 30’s-era showgirl..
burleskateer:Mabel Brown
burleskateer: Donna Marie Vintage promo photo dated from 1939..
burleskateer:Gwen Lee ..displays her scary pumpkin!
burleskateer: ‘BALLYHOO’ magazine (May 1935) Pinup Cover Art by - Russell Patterson
burleskateer: Sally Rand Vintage 30’s-era hand-tinted promo photo personalized: “To Mr. and Mrs. White — In admiration for their fine and artistic work — Sally Rand ”..
cortoony: Flip The Frog - Fiddlesticks (1930) Talk about obscure! Flip is what happened when Ub Iwerks (the animator who created Mickey Mouse for Walt Disney) got his own studio. And that character holding the fiddle? Not Mickey Mouse at ALL. Nope.
Daily Express Film Book, edited by Ernest Betts (Daily Express Publications, 1935).From a charity shop in Nottingham.
‘Margo’ from Crime Without Passion. From the Daily Express Film Book, edited by Ernest Betts (Daily Express Publications, 1935).From a charity shop in Nottingham.
Anna Sten, from the Daily Express Film Book, edited by Ernest Betts (Daily Express Publications, 1935).From a charity shop in Nottingham.
hoodoothatvoodoo: Armando Dreschler 1930s
cult-fanboy-ramble: R.I.P. Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)
taishou-kun:Sheldon Brody (1930-1971)Untitled, Japan - 1960s
taishou-kun: Hagiwara type safety stove 萩原式安全ストーブ advertising - Japan - 1930s
taishou-kun: natgeofound: A Geisha girl poses in her Kimono in Kyoto, June 1927.Photograph by Franklin Price Knott, National Geographic Franklin Price Knott (1854-1930)A Geisha girl poses in her kimono in Kyoto for National Geographic - Japan - June
taishou-kun: Yagaki Shikanosuke (1897 - 1966)Cat in window - Japan - 1930s
mrxdupontneuf: © man ray (1890-1976) // prayer series, self-portrait with “dead” nude,1930
