Drawing #2.

In which Evelyn Nesbit, years after her fleeting fame, greets Glorified Girl Marcelle Earle as she dances among that tables at Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic.

Nell Brinkley.

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The Gertrude Hoffman Girls, in rehearsal for the Ziegfield Follies.

From the Brooklyn Collection at the Brooklyn Public Library.

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Ollie in the Frolic with Don the Inebriate Dog. 1915.

I am guest blogger today on Travalanche, (the home of impressario, Trav S.D.) in which I wax at great length on the life, work and shocking death of Follies and silent movie star Olive Thomas. Click here to read.

I always kind of assumed that if Olive Thomas really was haunting the New Amsterdam she’d be really bad at it.

vintagegal:

Ziegfeld Follies dancer, Irene Delroy by Alfred Cheney Johnston c. 1927

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lauramcphee:

Ziegfeld girl Anastasia Reilly, Strauss-Peyton photography, 1920

Oh, the shoes, the shoes.

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thewidowflannigan:

Like a motherfucking boss

vintagegal:

Ziegfeld Follies showgirl, Tot Qualters as one of the Glorified American Girls, by White Studios c. 1920’s

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vintagegal:

Ziegfeld girl, Naomi Johnson by Alfred Cheney Johnston c. 1920’s

Is this Olive Thomas? The New Amsterdam? The Midnight Frolic? I’ve never seen this picture before. Where did it come from?

vintagegal:

1915 Midnight Frolic Ziegfeld Follies production (The Girls of New York Town)- Dorothy Koffee as Washington Square.

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hoodoothatvoodoo:

Ziegfeld Follies 1924

Art by Alberto Vargas