Eartha Kitt in Oscar Wilde’s “Salome”, 1955.
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1 year ago on May 05, 2012 at 02:01pm
Posts tagged theater.
Lily Elsie in a vintage Egyptian costume—actress, singer, and the most photographed woman in Edwardian times. Yes, I’m into headdresses these days.
1 year ago on March 22, 2012 at 09:23pm
Christine Silver as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1913. Photographed by Alexander Bassano, owner of the most prestigious photography studio in Victorian London.
Myrna Darby in a feathered headdress, 1920s. Ms. Darby joined up as a Ziegfeld Follies girl at 17, only to die at 21 due to sunburn and strenuous swimming—the true cause was rumored to be the end of her engagement. Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston.
1 year ago on March 14, 2012 at 08:52pm
English actress Gladys Cooper, 1912.
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The Sidewalks of New York
Strobridge Litho. Co., c1899The gold cure being advertised within the poster was a cure for alcoholism (and any other addiction) which apparently sometimes worked, probably because the method included therapy alongside the medicine. Here’s an interesting article about that.
