Gypsy Rose Lee (aka. Louise Hovick)
Vintage candid photo features Gypsy posing in front of a trailer from her 1949 ‘Royal American Shows’ travelling tent show.. ‘Royal American’ was one of the longest-running Carnival circuit burlesque shows.. And the previous year, Sally Rand had broken box office records, travelling with the same organization..
Gloria Love
Vintage 50’s-era promo photo personalized to fellow dancer Janice Miller: “To Janice — Best of luck, May you always Be happy. Dancingly, — Gloria 2/28/46 ”..
kdo: Ann “Bang-Bang” Arbor
Lynne O’Neill models one of her self-made swimsuits, somewhere in the dunes near one of Long Island’s many beaches..









