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Silent movie star Bebe Daniels

The stunning 1920s silent movie star Bebe Daniels in a signed publicity photograph. She looks like she’s wearing a velvet coat

Ziegfeld Follies girl Doris Eaton Travis photographed somewhere around 1918-1920. I love the fancy top she’s wearing – I wonder

The caption which goes alongside this photo reads: Miss Finney dancing, Montreal, QC, 1923. Does anyone know anything alse about

Greta Garbo photographed in 1920 wearing a cloche and a velvet coat. She always looked impossibly glamorous, although I have

Ziegfeld Follies girl Doris Eaton Travis (1904-2010) in her youth (somewhere around 1922).

Famous singer and actress Fanny Brice from the time she was a Ziegfeld Follies girl, c. 1915

Is there a more recognizable literary flapper than the flighty and frivolous Daisy Buchanan from the Great Gatsby? As much

I’m totally engrossed in Downton Abbey this season. I was a late starter and only began watching it at the

I seem to have a slight obsession with vintage mug-shots this week and I couldn’t resist sharing these beautiful photos

I was talking about my fascination with vintage mug-shot photos a few days ago and since then I stumbled upon

Kathleen Rose, aka “Rose Dolores”, a Ziegfeld Girl in peacock plume dress. c.1917-1923 Isn’t this the most wonderful costume? I’d love

1920s dance pioneer and performer Ruth St Denis wearing an amazing outfit in a Burmese solo dance from 1923.

Ziegfeld Girls: The gorgeous Fairbank Twins photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1922

Little girls in flower-themed fancy dress costumes at the Wildflower Preservation Society, Illinois Chapter circa 1920. [4 photos]

Ziegfeld Follies girl draped in velvet and long stings of pearls photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1920s. Isn’t she lovely?

Actress, singer, and dancer Ruby Keeler was born Ethel Hilda Keeler in Canada, 1910. She became a Ziegfeld Follies girl

A very fancy 1920s cloche hat with amazing detailing and what looks like metallic inserts. Isn’t it fabulous?

The beautiful 1920s silent movie star Lillian Gish. I assume this is a publicity photo from one of her movies,