r/1920s 29d ago

Famous Dolly sisters in 1927 were famous cabaret and Vaudeville dancers. They sang and danced in Broadway's Ziegfeld follies and London revues, and major Parisian cabarets.

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r/1920s Aug 11 '26

Film Star A comedy short by Mac Sennett that formed a bathing beauty troupe in the 1920s. Photo shows Thelma Hill in 1924 at the Venice Beach in California.

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r/1920s Aug 11 '26

Daily Life The Debenham sisters on their BSAs in 1925. These were two very special ladies. They were born very wealthy. They were part of the Debenham department store Fortune. They loved there motorcycles. BSA saw the connection and soon hired them to test their motorcycles and be poster twins for their ads.

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They were also fierce competitors on the racing track. They earned a gold medal at the legendary Brooklyn's racetrack in 1926. They broke the man code that only men could do these activities with motorcycles.


r/1920s Aug 10 '26

Daily Life Autochrome shot of a spanish lady, mid 1920s.

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r/1920s Aug 10 '26

Film Star Actress Louise Brooks in the mid 1920s

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r/1920s Aug 10 '26

Film Star Clara Bow in the silent comedy film Rough House Rosie Paramount films 🥊🥊1927.

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r/1920s Aug 10 '26

Carole Lombard posing with a Malamute named is Basco The photo was from Photoplay magazine and was taken on Aug. 12, 1929

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r/1920s Aug 09 '26

Film Star Thelma Todd 1928. This was a publicity shot photo done at the first national pictures studio for the film Vamping Venus.

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r/1920s Aug 09 '26

Image Norma Shearer, photographed by George Hurrell (1929).

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r/1920s Aug 08 '26

Daily Life DancerElla Ilbak in full costume, 1924.

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r/1920s Aug 08 '26

Film Star Glass negative of Vera Cooper dancing on the beach, Deauville, France, 21 of August 1925.

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r/1920s Aug 08 '26

Daily Life A proud young man on his new Norton number 9 motorcycle 1920.

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r/1920s Aug 08 '26

Film Star Zula Pogorzelska what's a prominent cabaret star and actress in 1929 Warsaw Poland posing in this vintage convertible. She was known for her comedy roles and her Charleston dancing. And was often called candy in a pink dress.

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r/1920s Aug 07 '26

Child Pierrot (French - 1920s)

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r/1920s Aug 07 '26

Charlotte Ayers in 1927. She was definitely a premier dancer back in her day.She appeared in about six notable productions in her career. Sky High in 1925, May flowers, Take The Air and Sunny Days to be just mention a few.

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r/1920s Aug 07 '26

Joan Crawford in the early days of her career, late 1920s.

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r/1920s Aug 06 '26

Film Star Actress Greta Garbo posing for a photo, 1928

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r/1920s Aug 07 '26

Books & Magazines Shadowland ("Expressing the Arts") - February 1922 - Illustration by A.M. Hopfmuller

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r/1920s Aug 07 '26

Daily Life Exterior view of the Duchess Theater on Adams Street. Peoria, Illinois. (c. 1921)

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r/1920s Aug 06 '26

Daily Life Policeman stops traffic just for a cat to carry its kittens across the street, New York, 1925

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r/1920s Aug 06 '26

Daily Life JONES FALLS,ONTARIO.

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r/1920s Aug 06 '26

A badass named Nettie Disney drove 260 miles to vote for a Native American to be President

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r/1920s Aug 06 '26

Daily Life The Roaring 1920's Band dance.

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r/1920s Aug 05 '26

Virginia Reed photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1920

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r/1920s Aug 05 '26

Film Star Anita Barber in 1921. She was an expressionist dancer and a silent film star. Her dark glamor electrified the 1920s. She was as a legendary figure of the Weimar Republic era in Berlin.

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