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Renée De Milo
Rose La Rose and a group of other showgirls pose for a publicity photo with newborn kittens, backstage at Boston’s ‘Old Howard’ Theatre..
Colorized photo of showgirl Scarlett Rebel from an unknown 50’s-era Men’s mag..
Gettin’ his Front Row ticket for the Sherry Britton show!..
Stunning Smith
Sue Martin slips into some sheer black hosiery..
Sunny Summers
Suzette (Pilar) aka. “The Delectable Dish”..
Syra Marty aka. “The Swiss Miss”..
Tana Leigh
1950sunlimited: Vallkyra aka. “The Tempestuous Titan”.. Scanned from the pages of ‘PLAYGIRL’ magazine (1956)..
Tana Louise
Tempest Storm
Tempest Storm A UPI press photo from May of ‘59, detailling her marriage to actor/singer Herb Jeffries..
Tequila aka. “The Intoxicating Latin”..
Thunder A graduate of Lillian Hunt’s “School For Strippers”, run out of the ‘New Follies Theatre’ in Burbank, California..
Tee Tee Red laces up her fetish shoes..
retrogasm: Trudy Wayne takes a banana/smoke break..
Venus The Body (aka. Jean Smyle)
Donna Mae “Busty” Brown A sequence of images from a Fan Club photo set..
Vicki Welles aka. “Burlesk’s Ball of Fire”.. A large 30" x 40" hand-tinted poster that likely travelled with Ms. Welles, to be used as a promotional lobby card at each venue appearance..
Virginia Bell poses in her boudoir for an image used in a Fan Club photo set..
A press photo dated from late ‘54 showing Chicago’s famed 'RIALTO Theatre’ at night.. Featured on the marquee, is: Lili St. Cyr – promoting her mid-December appearance..
White Fury “And Her Twin 44’s”..
Winnie Garrett aka. “The Flaming Redhead”..
This golden-caped outfit was one of the more elaborate dance costumes worn by legendary stripper: Winnie Garrett..
Zee Zee Martine aka. “The Girl Who Makes Bridget Fidget”..
Zorita Early promo photo scanned from the pages of an old issue of ‘Cavalcade Of Burlesque’ magazine..
Burlesk cartoon by Bob “Tup” Tupper.. From the pages of the June ‘56 issue of ‘CABARET’ magazine..
Ann “Bang Bang” Arbor aka. “The Million Dollar Figure”..
Ann Curtis aka. “Miss Perpetual Motion”..
warmchills: Candy Barr
Ava “Legs” Rey
Baby Doll aka. “The Atomic Bombshell”..
1950sunlimited: Libby Jones
Baby Lulu Wilnot
1950sunlimited: Lilly Christine A “jump photo” taken by Phillip Halsman (1953)
Blaze Fury aka. “The Human Heatwave”.. With the encouragement of her Burlesque Producer mom (Frances Parks).. A 17 year-old Lucia Parks left high school to become a Burly-Q showgirl..
In 1952, a teenage Juanita Slusher (at Left) walks with a friend to Barney Weinstein’s THEATRE LOUNGE. This South Dallas nightclub operated a “School For Strippers”, managed by Weinstein’s wife: Mae.. Shortly after her “graduation”, Juanita
Candy Barr takes an important phonecall..
Carmella (aka. Carmela Rickman) Known as “The Sophia Loren Of Burlesk", Ms. Rickman passed away in 2008..
Carmen Carmencita
Crystal Lewis aka. “The Blonde Venus”..
Crystal Starr
Danielle Dao Tien aka. “The Eurasian Beauty”..
Dardy Orlando Listed here, as an unmarried 24-year old dancer in Harold Minsky’s “FOLLIES” in Miami.. Dardy would eventually wed Harold Minsky, and retire from Burlesque entirely.. Oh yeah, she’s also the younger sister of Lili
Dixie Evans aka. “The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque”..
Do May aka. “The Cherokee Half-Breed”..
Donna Lee
Ebba
nofrillsretro: Patti Waggin graces the cover of a 50’s-era issue of ‘GALA’ magazine..
Eva Kristine aka. “Miss Norway”..
Fabulous Fanny
Frances DuBay & her Educated Stallion Photo compilation featuring a newspaper promo ad for her appearance at the ‘TOWN HALL Burlesque’; a theatre owned by infamous (by then, retired) showgirl: Rose La Rose.. LADIES Bring Your Husbands!
“Sexotic” Francine Featured in a 50’s-era promotional handbill for the ‘HUDSON Theatre’ in Union City, NJ.. When Mayor LaGuardia banned Burlesque theatres from existing in NYC.. Dancers moved to the nightclubs of 52nd Street’s “Strip Alley”
Gay Dawn
1950sunlimited: Do May aka. “The Cherokee Half Breed”.. ‘Diabolique’ magazine (1962)
erotiqueart: Underground comix artist Robert Crumb creates an illustration of dancer Patti Waggin receiving a spanking for her 21st birthday?!..
Jennie Lee aka. “The Bazoom Girl”.. In performance at an unidentified theatre..