Helen Lee Worthing by Alfred Cheney Johnston via
Monthly Archives: August 2019
A Collection of Vintage Photos Feat. 1920s Wedding Dresses
Ruth Schneider, 1924 via
Bride from New York, 1920 via
Chanel wedding dress worn by Betty Garst, circa 1929 via
Wedding The daughter of the Bolivian minister to France in a Patou-designed wedding gown, 1929 via
Edwina Ehrman, c. 1926. via
Princess Anne of Orléans, Nov. 5, 1927 via
Bride, 1920s via
Famous Silent Film Actress R Lya Marain Elaborate Bride Costume, 1920s via
The Guy Sisters (1920s)
The Guy Sisters, Christiane & Mary Guy, vintage French Postcard, circa 1920s via
Portraits of Hollywood Actresses by Albert Witzel (1920s)
Witzel Studios was founded in Los Angeles by photographer Albert Walter Witzel (1879–1929) in 1909 and within a few years had become one of the city’s foremost portrait studios.
The rise of the business paralleled the emergence of the film industry following its relocation from the east coast, and Witzel was soon in demand from Hollywood studios seeking to create interest in movies by circulating promo shots of their stars. Distinguished by moody lighting and dramatic poses and settings, Witzel’s photos soon set the tone for Hollywood studio photography and from the mid-1910s they featured frequently in fan magazines like Photoplay, becoming an important promotional and publicity tool.
Witzel occasionally worked on assignment for the big picture studios, photographing many silent film luminaries including Theda Bara and Charlie Chaplin (source).
Portrait of American actress Clara Bow by American photographer Albert Witzel (1879-1929) via
Portrait of American actress & showgirl Blanche Mehaffey Witzel, 1920s by Albert Witzel (1879-1929) via
Portrait of Bebe Daniels by photographer Albert Witzel (1879-1929), 1920 via
Portrait of American actress Natalie Kingston by Albert Witzel (1879-1929) via
Portrait of American actress Melva Cornell by Albert Witzel (1879-1929), 1920s via
Portrait of American actress Bessie Love by Albert Witzel (1879-1929), 1920 via
Portrait of American actress Doris May by Albert Witzel (1879-1929) , 1920 via
Photographs of Paris by Pierre-Yves Petit aka ‘Yvon’ (1920)
Born in Bordeaux in 1886, Jean Pierre Yves Petit moved to the French capital as a young man; there he parlayed a childhood passion for photography into a job at the august culture magazine L’Illustration. Adopting the pen name Yvon (to avoid confusion with a popular portrait photographer named Pierre Petit), he published his first photo essay in 1919: “Ciels et Reflets de Paris” (“Skies and Reflections of Paris”), a series of six melancholy cityscapes in which overcast skies played a starring role (source).
Background by by Pierre-Yves Petit (Yvon), 1920 via
Gargoyles on Notre Dame by Pierre-Yves Petit (Yvon), 1920 via
Scene from Paris by Pierre-Yves Petit (Yvon), 1920s via
Scene from Paris by Pierre-Yves Petit (Yvon), 1920s via
Scene from Paris by Pierre-Yves Petit (Yvon), 1920s via
Le jardin du Palais Royal à Paris by Pierre-Yves Petit (Yvon), 1920 via
Paris (1928)
Vintage Kabo Corset Company Ad (1921)
Black and white 1921 print ad for “live model” brassieres and other women’s apparel that was made and sold by the Kabo Corset Company of New York, NY, Chicago, Illinois (IL), and San Francisco, California (CA) via
1920s Film Starlett Clara Bow by Eugene Robert Richee (1927)
Elegant Fashion Photograph (1921)
1921 via
Photograph in Vogue by Edward Steichen (1928)
Photograph by Edward Steichen Vogue, July 15, 1928 via
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