r/1920s • • 11h ago

Burlesque Linda Frost 1927.She was a chorus performer cast in the original theatrical run of the hit play Burlesque on Broadway. The photo was shot at prestigious John de Mirjian studio located in Manhattan New York City. 👀

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r/1920s • • 7h ago

Film Star The American actress Gloria Swanson in a publicity photo for the film My American Wife. A 1922 romantic drama.

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r/1920s • • 23m ago

Actress Esther Ralston Modeling her Patterned Scarf. Photo part of John Springer Collection, 1920

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r/1920s • • 19h ago

Film Star Helen Lee Worthing pose for photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1922.

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r/1920s • • 15h ago

Beauties ❤️ in costume as mermaids 🧜‍♀️ playing musical instruments from the fantasy part of the surviving 1924 marital comedy The Folly of Vanity.

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r/1920s • • 12h ago

How did people date in the 1890s?

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r/1920s • • 1d ago

Film Star Actress Louise Brooks at the pool, 1927.

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r/1920s • • 1d ago

Film Star Anita Page 1928 official publicity photo for the film Dancing Daughters By MGM at their studios in Culver City California.

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r/1920s • • 1d ago

Portrait of Tilla Durieux, 1927

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r/1920s • • 1d ago

Daily Life Ladies at Atlantic City beach, New Jersey, 1927

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r/1920s • • 2d ago

This was a promotional theatrical portrait for the Broadway musical Take The Air with Charlotte Ayers in 1927. Photo was shot in New York City by Albert DuPont. 🧑‍🩰

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r/1920s • • 1d ago

Daily Life Fox Photographer RJ Salmon dangels in a Crate suspended from a Crane to take an Aerial Shot of Fleet Street, London, with St. Paul’s in the Background. The Picture is taken from the Daily Telegraph Building, 1929.

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r/1920s • • 2d ago

Baby Stars of 1927 photo play magazine.

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r/1920s • • 2d ago

Film Star Actress Eve Southern posing for some photos 1927

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r/1920s • • 2d ago

Video 1920-1929 Actress portraits from Picture-Play magazine

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r/1920s • • 2d ago

Daily Life Swimmer at Charles River, 1920. Glass negative

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r/1920s • • 3d ago

Image Ziegfeld girl Grace Moore, photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1923

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r/1920s • • 2d ago

Video Just uploaded The Canary Murder Case (1929), an early sound-era mystery starring William Powell as detective Philo Vance. A fascinating look at Hollywood's transition from silent films to talkies and a great watch for fans of classic 1920s crime and mystery movies.

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r/1920s • • 3d ago

Film Star This portrait of Dorothy Mackaill captured in 1923 taken by Richard Burke. The photo originally appeared in a rotogravure spread for the November 1923 issue of photoplay magazine. It was meant to highlight her rise to stardom.

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She was transitioning from Ziegfeld follies to leading film roles.


r/1920s • • 3d ago

Image Antique 1920’s Wah Fong Photographer Studio ( 華芳, 301 Chulia Street, Penang) Heritage Family Photo. (Original)

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r/1920s • • 4d ago

Image Serge Lifar, Josephine Baker, Felia Doubrovska, on the beach, 1928-30

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r/1920s • • 4d ago

Film Star Actress Loretta Young posing for a photo, 1928.

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r/1920s • • 4d ago

Film Star Carole Lombard posing for a headshot, early on her career, for a spnaish magazine, 1925

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r/1920s • • 5d ago

Fay Taylor 1928 on her Douglas DT5 dirt track motorcycle. She was a pioneering phenomenon on the dirt track in England.

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She went head to head with male top riders and won. She led the way for women in motorcycle Sports.


r/1920s • • 5d ago

Film Star Actresses Anita Page, Joan Crawford & Dorothy Sebastian posing for a photo together, For the film "Our Dancing Daughters", 1928

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