May 24 2012
10:28 pm
Fred Astaire in Daddy Long Legs (1955).

Fred Astaire in Daddy Long Legs (1955).

Posted 2 days ago
#1950s #fred astaire #dancing #actor #dancer #vintage #portrait #daddy long legs #jumping #jump #happy
25 notes

May 22 2012
12:24 pm
Roger Fenton, Egyptian Dancing Girl, 1858. Source: Getty Museum

Roger Fenton, Egyptian Dancing Girl, 1858.

Source: Getty Museum

Posted 4 days ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #dancer #egypt #north africa #africa #roger fenton
16 notes

May 22 2012
3:06 am
Dancing Köçek with a tambourine, Turkey, late 19th century.

Dancing Köçek with a tambourine, Turkey, late 19th century.

Posted 5 days ago
#19th century #victorians #victorian #turkey #ottoman empire #kocek #tambourine #dancer #dancing #vintage #portrait #crossdresser
6 notes

May 18 2012
10:04 am
Lucien Walery, Mata Hari in Paris, 1906.

Lucien Walery, Mata Hari in Paris, 1906.

Posted 1 week ago
#1900s #paris #france #mata hari #vintage #portrait #history #dancer #lucien walery
6 notes

May 18 2012
9:18 am
Ruth St. Denis, ca. 1910s. Source: Library of Congress

Ruth St. Denis, ca. 1910s.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 week ago
#1910s #ruth st. denis #vintage #portrait #spy #dancer #world war I #wwI #history
6 notes

May 10 2012
2:15 am
Marilyn Miller, ca. 1922.

Marilyn Miller, ca. 1922.

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1920s #marilyn miller #vintage #portrait #dancer #actress #ballerina #ballet
6 notes

May 9 2012
5:09 pm
Mata Hari, 1910.

Mata Hari, 1910.

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1910s #mata hari #costume #jewelry #vintage #portrait #dancer #spy #wwI #world war I
86 notes

May 9 2012
4:01 pm
Ruth St. Denis, actress, holding rose, in ancient-Egyptian influenced garb, ca. 1910s. Source: Library of Congress

Ruth St. Denis, actress, holding rose, in ancient-Egyptian influenced garb, ca. 1910s.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1910s #ruth st. denis #vintage #portrait #orientalism #dancer #costume
42 notes

May 9 2012
2:52 pm
Carl Van Vechten, Martha Graham with Bertram Ross, June 1961. Source: Library of Congress

Carl Van Vechten, Martha Graham with Bertram Ross, June 1961.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1960s #bertram ross #carl van vechten #martha graham #portrait #vintage #dancers #dancer #profile #makeup
10 notes

Apr 25 2012
7:24 pm
Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, A group of musicians playing for a bacha dancing boy, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1905-1915. Source: Library of Congress

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, A group of musicians playing for a bacha dancing boy, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1905-1915.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 month ago
#1900s #1910s #vintage #sergey prokudin-gorsky #samarkand #uzbekistan #central asia #dancing #history #vintage #children #dancer #musician
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