Presenting historical images that celebrate the Golden Age of Burlesque and Striptease..
Sonia Tokyo aka. “The Little Cupie Doll”..
Vintage 60’s-era promo poster for the ‘NEW FOLLIES Burlesk’ Theatre in San Francisco..
“Amateur Striptease Contests” were all the rage during the mid-1960’s.. Rose La Rose ran regular contests at her Theatre in Toledo, Ohio.. Burlesque was waning, and many top dancers began retiring. This kind of promotion was designed not only to find “new” (and cheaper) talent.. But to generate interest in audiences that wouldn’t necessarily attend a Burlesque show..
Dimples Darling “from Detroit with a body that FISHER didn’t build!”..
This (now) cryptic promo photo description refers to the “Body By Fisher” slogan used widely by FISHER Body Company in-and-around Detroit.. One of city’s largest companies, FISHER manufactured and supplied steel body parts for many of the Motor City’s largest car makers.. The plant eventually closed down completely in the mid-1980’s.
Miss WOW WOW “Proportionately Unbelievable See It… To Believe It!”
Promo photo with newspaper ad for an appearance at Rose La Rose’s ‘ESQUIRE Theatre’; located in Toledo, Ohio..
Dawn Diano aka. “Miss Nude Galaxy”..
Suzzan Landow aka. “Saph-fire”..
Raisa Montes
Ilya
