Presenting historical images that celebrate the Golden Age of Burlesque and Striptease..
Vintage 50’s-era photograph features a quartet of showgirls posing Backstage, at an unidentified nightclub or theatre..
Zorita (aka. Katherine Boyd Petillo)
Vintage press photo from 1937 features Zorita performing her “Wedding Of The Snake” act onstage, with one of her Indigo Snakes…
Winnie Garrett is featured in the January 1949 edition of ‘SIR!’ magazine..
It wasn’t uncommon for 40’s-era Men’s mag publishers to have their Art Departments “paint in” additional clothing to skirt prevailing obscenity laws.. Hence, the odd-looking (black) shorts and wide bands on Winnie’s bra!
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Caprice (aka. Karen King)
Photographed by - Eddie Rocco
kdo: Tura Satana
Photographed by - Lenny Burtman
kdo: Ann “Bang Bang” Arbor
Photographed by - Lenny Burtman
Lili St. Cyr ..and her awesome bed!
Evelyn West poses with the policy she took out with Lloyd’s Of London, insuring her breasts for $50,000.. A publicity stunt that allowed her to use “the $50,000 Treasure Chest” tag, in all of her subsequent Burlesque appearance promotions..
Lily Ayers (aka. Icel Condon)
From a Nudie-Cutie photoshoot from the late-50’s..
