Silent Film Star Louise Brooks at Home in Her Garden (1925)

Portrait of Louise Brooks, 1925 via

Portrait of Louise Brooks, 1925 via

Portrait of Louise Brooks at home with her sister June, 1925 via

Portrait of Louise Brooks, 1925 via

Denishawn Dance Company (1920)

Denishawn dance company founder Ruth St. Denis and husband Ted Shawn with a smattering of vestal virgins, Louise Brooks in the middle, 1920 via

British Musical Star Evelyn Laye

Evelyn Laye via

Alexandra Danilova in Neoclassical Ballet Appolon Musagète (1928)

Apollo (originally Apollon musagète and variously known as Apollo musagetes, Apolo Musageta, and Apollo, Leader of the Muses) is a neoclassical ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928 by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed in 1928 by twenty-four-year-old George Balanchine, with the composer contributing the libretto. The scenery and costumes were designed by André Bauchant, with new costumes by Coco Chanel in 1929.

The scenario involved the birth of Apollo, his interactions with the three Muses, Calliope (poetry), Polyhymnia (mime) and Terpsichore (dance and song), and his ascent as a god to Mount Parnassus. The original cast included Serge Lifar as Apollo, Alice Nikitina as Terpsichore (alternating with Alexandra Danilova), Lubov Tchernicheva as Calliope, Felia Doubrovska as Polyhymnia and Sophie Orlova as Leto, mother of Apollo.

Alexandra Danilova in Appolon Musagète, 1928 via

Alexandra Danilova and Serge Lifar in Appolon Musagète, 1928 via

Alexandra Danilova and Serge Lifar in Appolon Musagète, 1928 via

Beautiful Ethereal Edwardian Postcards

Detail of a French postcard via

Antique Hand Tinted Real Photo Postcard via

Antique theatre photo postcard, vintage stage artist Marguerite Brésil via

Woodland Nymph Examines Leaf, German Postcard, Posted in France, 1909 via

Romantic Portrait of Edwardian Lady in Ethereal Green Gown by Seaside with Pink Flowers & Columns, early 1900s via

Edwardian Ballet Dancer Gwen Hope in Sparkling Tutu Costume and Fairy Wings, early 1900s via

Two Pink Tinted Postcards From The Early 1900s

Belle Epoque Lady in Art Nouveau Style Belly Dancer Costume with Pearls and Pink Veil, early 1900s via

Studio Portrait by Henri Manuel of Paris, 1900s via

Evelyn Nesbit by Otto Sarony (1901)

Otto Sarony, Portrait of Evelyn Nesbit, 1901 via

Otto Sarony, Portrait of Evelyn Nesbit, 1901 via

Geneviève Lantelme (1900s)

Geneviève Lantelme circa 1900 via

Raquel Welch by Norman Parkinson (1967)

Portrait of Raquel Welch by Norman Parkinson, 1967 via

Catherine Deneuve Laughing on the set of L’Homme à Femmes (1960s)

Catherine Deneuve on the set of L’Homme à Femmes directed by Jacques-Gerard Cornu, 1960 by John McNab via

Catherine Deneuve on the set of L’Homme à Femmes directed by Jacques-Gerard Cornu, 1960 by John McNab via