Photoset
June 17, 2012
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classicalallure:

Josephine Baker as Alwina || The Princess of Tam Tam || 1935 
dir. by Edmond T. Gréville 

this is why i saw YOU NEED TO SEE THIS WOMAN IN ACTION don’t just reblog photos of her, watch her fucking films and performances!

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Video
May 17, 2012
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this made me feel really happy and now i want to dance. found via booooooom

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Photo
February 20, 2012
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Archie Savage photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1942. “African American actor and choreographer, performed in South Pacific and La Dolce Vita.”

Archie Savage photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1942.

“African American actor and choreographer, performed in South Pacific and La Dolce Vita.”

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Photo
January 13, 2010
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nitescence: standing tip-toe on champagne bottle; ye rose studio, circa 1904.

nitescence:

standing tip-toe on champagne bottle; ye rose studio, circa 1904.

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