A young Lily Ayers (dancing during this period as “Lorali”) shows off her Harem Girl costume..
A vintage 50’s-era photo highlights an appearance by Lynne O’Neill at the ‘Village Paradise’ nightclub, in NYC’s Greenwich Village..
Lois DeFee aka. “Queen Of The Amazons”..
Part of a promo photo series shot in the early-40’s..
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Greta Garbo in Mata Hari (1931). Photographed by Milton Brown
On October 6, 1889, a Frenchman named Joseph Oller made smut history by opening the world’s most famous burlesque club in Paris’ 18th arrondissement: the Moulin Rouge. Named for the red windmill on top of the building, it is cornerstone of burlesque culture and very possibly the birthplace of the striptease.
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