Mack Sennett Beauties / Sirens of the Sea: Connie Dawn, Betty Byrd, Thelma Parr, Nancy Hellman, and Marion MacDonald
Wow. I took a sort of unintentional two week break from most of the interwebs. I’m back, and this is what I drew on the subway (and in the doctor’s waiting room) this week. Chorus girls and bathing beauties and the French Revolution as filtered through WWI propaganda posters. So many projects and commissions. Whee!
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In 1915, Mack Sennett assembled a bevy of girls known as the Sennett Bathing Beauties to appear in provocative bathing costumes in comedy short subjects, in promotional material, and in promotional events like Venice Beach beauty contests.
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nickolas muray, swimsuit layout for ladies’ home journal, 1932, collection of george eastman house via where the lovely things are.
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I would commit a crime for that beach umbrella!
On St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
(via good night day: national geographic: colour autochromes, 1920s-30s cont’d)
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A beach censor arresting two women in Chicago in 1922 for violating the laws concerning proper beach attire. The image comes from the collection at the University of California at Davis housing materials collected by the late Roland Marchand. The precise date and the original place of publication of the image are not available.
Phylis Haver enjoying the beach!
