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Vintage Portraits of Women

Expressive black and white portraits of women from the 1920s, featuring elaborate attire and artistic poses, conveying elegance and nostalgia.

Lucile Nikolas in ""Time', 39th Theatre, 1923

Portrait of Mimi Tattersall in ""A Night Out""

Portrait of Diana Rosamond Fellowes (1907-1937), Coulson Churchill Fellowes' daughter, photograph by Hugh Saunders (1890-1974) from The Tatler, No 1408, June 20, 1928, London.

Greta Garbo, in 1925 portrait by society photographer, Arnold Genthe. Traveling from Sweden, she was in NYC on her way to Hollywood, when Genthe took this expressive photo (BSLOC_2020_2_16)

Madeline Hurlock (1897-1989), American Silent Film Actress, head and shoulders Publicity Portrait, Unidentified Artist, 1920's

Vera Sergine.

Catherine Willard (1895-1954) in ""The Great Gatsby"", 1926, Owen Davis, dramatist, play based F Scott Fitzgerald novel

Tilly Losch (1903-1975) Austrian-born dancer, actress andpainer.

Lucile Nikolas in ""Time', 39th Theatre, 1923

Edna Best (1900 - 1974), British actress.

Lyubov Chernyshova in the ballet Les Sylphides, Anonymous

Belle Bennett, Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "Stella Dallas", United Artists, photo by Walter Frederick Seely, 1925

Actress Pauline Garon (1900-1965), Half-Length Publicity Portrait, 1925

Portrait of Gladys Wilson, actress, 1920's

Actress Claudia Dell, Publicity Portrait inside The New Movie Magazine, May 1930

RAQUEL MELLER.

Alida Valli (Alida Maria Altenburger) (1921 - 2006), Italian actress in Italian and American films.

USA, New York, Studio shot of Mitzi Hajos in ""The Madcap"" at Casino Theatre, 1928

Mae Busch (1891 - 1946), Australian-born actress who worked in both silent and sound films in early Hollywood.

01/01/1936. Portrait of Concha Piquer.

American Actress Lois Moran (1909-1990), Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish-born American Actress, head and shoulders Portrait, Arnold Genthe, 1925

Gelatin silver print - Portrait of an unidentified woman, Montreal, Quebec, about 1925

JEANETTE MACDONALD. 1928.

JESSIE MATTHEWS British singer and dancer of stage and screen Date: 1907 - 1981

Italian actress and singer Mim Aylmer (Eugenia Spadoni) posing and sitting. 1920s.

Actress Lola Lane, Publicity Portrait inside The New Movie Magazine, May 1930

Jetta Goudal, Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "Open All Night", Paramount Pictures, Postcard, 1924

Miss Griffin 6x8 coupon studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Silent Film Actress Zalla Zarana, born Rozalija Srsen in Zuzemberk, Slovenia, Publicity Portrait by Witzel Studios L.A., 1920's

Evelyn Brent (1901 - 1975), American film and stage actress.

Silent Film Actress Zalla Zarana, born Rozalija Srsen in Zuzemberk, Slovenia, Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Nancy Freeman-Mitford 1904 - 1973 on the front cover of The Tatler at the time of the announcement of her engagement to Peter Rennell Rodd. Writer of comic novels, who was the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale. 1933

Barbara Newberry ""Good Boy"", 11 Aug 1928, Barbara Newberry who has the leading feminine role in ""Good Boy"", scheduled for Hammerstein's Theatre the latter part of August

Portret Van Greta Garbo, Anonymous, 1925 - 1950 photograph unknown photographic support gelatin silver print

Gloria Swanson, American actress, 1933. Artist: Unknown

Pola Negri (Appolonia Chalupek) (1897 - 1987), Polish-born actress who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and was successful in silent films

English actress of stage and screen, Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) Date: circa 1910

Texan Movie Star Bessie Love (1898-1986) - won an Academy Award nomination for 'Broadway Melody' - recognised with a star on the Hollywood 'Walk of Fame' - appeared in films between 1916 and 1983!! Date: circa 1920

Portrait of the painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), Madame dOra, (Dora Kallmus) (1881-1963)

Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress, early 20th century.Artist: Rita Martin

Delores Del Rio

UK, New Brighton, Studio shot of Berteen Beaumonte from New Brighton Theater

Portret Van María Marín de Orozco, 1925 photograph Mexico City paper gelatin silver print historical persons - BB - woman

Lady Mary Pakenham (1907-2010), later Lady Mary Clive. Date: 23rd August 1933

Actress June Collier, Publicity Portrait inside The New Movie Magazine, May 1930

The caption to this card on the reverse reads: "This is REAL PHOTOGRAPH of a BRITISH beauty" !! Date: circa 1910

Adele Astaire (1896 - 1981) comedy actress and dance partner of her brother, Fred Astaire from childhood until 1932, when she retired from dance to marry the British aristocrat Lord Charles Spencer Cavendish, second son of the 9th Duke of Devonshire. Pictured here wearing a white silk blouse with a simple high neck described by The Sketch as 'very 1934 - if not 1935, as are her array of bracelets of precious stones cut like beads'. Date: 1934

BEBE DANIELS.

German Film Actress Hilde Worner, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, photo by A. Binder, Berlin, 1910's

Marian Nixon (1904 - 1983), American film actress of the 1920s and 30s

Portrait of Dorothy Hall (1906-1953), Republic Theatre

Actress Bebe Daniels, Half-Length Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Emmy Destinn (in Czech - Destinnova) - opera star in Europe and New York (1878-1930). Date: circa 1908

Jean Arthur (1900 - 1991), American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s.

Ruth Chatterton, American actress, 1933. Artist: Unknown

Genevieve Tobin, American actress, 1933. Artist: Unknown

Lillian Russell, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Lillian Russell, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 657075

EDNA HAGAN in THE STRUGGLE (1931), directed by D. W. GRIFFITH.

Portrait of Magda Janssens, actress, Jacob Merkelbach (attributed to), 1915 - 1930 photograph Amsterdam photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) - BB - woman. portrait of actor, actress

Actress Olga Baclanova, Head and Shoulders Portrait, photograph by Eugene Robert Richee, 1920's

Portrait of Helen Baxter, 1932, Helen Baxter, who now plays the blonde seductress with Margaret Lawrence, in the new comedy ""The behavior of Mrs. Crane"", now playing at the Erlanger Theatre but which moves to the Earl Carroll Theatre, Monday, April 9th

PHYLLIS LE GRAND English musical comedy actress, seen here in the role of Diane in 'The Quaker Girl' at the Adelphi Theatre Date: fl 1907 - 1925

USA, New York, Studio shot of Barbara Milton in ""The Acquittal"" at Cohan and Harris Theatre, 1920

Madame Galli-Curci. April 8, 1940.

GAMEZ , CELIA. CANTANTE Y ACTRIZ ARGENTINA. AFINCADA EN ESPAÑA DESDE 1925. BUENOS AIRES 1905 - 1992.

Nora Swinburne (1902 2000) English actress of stage and screen. Here playing in 'The Bat' as Miss Dale Ogden. Date: 1922

Lucille Harmon at ""Sun-kist"", Sam H. Harris Theatre, 1921, musical

Princess Hassan

Laurette Taylor

Coloured photo of Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, better known by her stage name Kathe von Nagy (4 April 1904 - 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in the German and French cinema.

NORMA SHEARER. 1925.

Norma Shearer, Canadian-born actress, 1933. Artist: Unknown

Photograph of Lillian Gish (1893-1993) American stage, screen and television actress, director and writer. Dated 1930

The studio caption says 'Delores del Rio, Mexican heiress-social leader, who recently arrived in Hollywood with $50,000 in shawls and combs, is said to be the richest girl in Mexico.'

LILLIAN GISH.

American Stage and Film Actress Betty Ross Clarke, Half-Length Publicity Portrait, Evans L.A., early 1920's

Clara Bow (1905 - 1965), American actress.

Ethel Oliver, English actress and dancer Date: early 20th century

Studio shot of Lora Baxton

Clara Bow 1926 Actress (1905-1965)

Juliette Compton (1899 1989), Film actress Date: 20th century

Lady Honor Channon.Popular Study *****.Lady Henry ChannonThe attractive wife of Mr. Henry Channon who has just been appointed Parliamentary private Secretary to the new Under Foreign Secretary - Mr. R.A. Butler.Her husband was American born, but naturalized English.Lady Honor is the daughter of the earl and Countess of Iveagh and a niece of lord Halifax, the new foreign Secretary. April 11, 1938.

MARY ASTOR.

Vintage Etching Drawing of actress Geraldine Farrar by Walter Tittle published in Photoplay magazine 1921

PAULINE GARON.

ETHEL BARRYMORE.

Carolina otero, named la bella otero

Mrs. Stuart Doyle Vice President of "The Reception & Ball" to Lady Street to be held by courtesy of the P.V.O. Coy on the "Narkunda" on March 29th in aid of the ***** of NSW. March 6, 1931.

Portrait photograph of Greta Garbo (1905-1990) Swedish film actress and an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Photographed by Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) German-born, American photographer. Dated 1925

Margarida Xirgu Subirà (1888-1969), actriz de teatro. Imagen promocional de la obra teatral Magda. Año 1913.

ELISA RUIZ ROMERO.

THEDA BARA in A FOOL THERE WAS (1915), directed by FRANK POWELL.

MARY PICKFORD in KIKI (1931), directed by SAM TAYLOR.

Billie Seward (1912 ñ 1982) a 1930s motion picture actress from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Actress Myrna Loy (1905-93), Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Swedish actress Margit Rosengren. 1901-1952. Pictured wearing a white dress and hat. Sweden 1938

Irina Bugrimova (1910-2001), Anonymous

Ruth Draper.... observing life about her.Her art was to walk on, a tall and elegant lady, to an almost empty stage, with perhaps a table and a chair, and a sofa, and a modicum of props a shawl, a hat, a lorgnette and to transform it into her own extraordinary world; a church, a garden. September 7, 1938.

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