Dressing Room Gallery

Fewer Falsies For Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio: July, 1949. X-ray testing for tuberculosis in six cities has revealed that the women of Cleveland use less synthetic torso curves than those of any of the other cities. This Cleveland native is examining a pair of the chest projectors that she doesn't need, while Seattle is indignant over the charge that the women there wear more falsies than anywhere else

© Underwood Archives/UIG

David Belasco showing a portrait to Frances Starr, after 1909 (silver gelatin print)

MNY381333 David Belasco showing a portrait to Frances Starr, after 1909 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 27.9x35.6 cm; Museum of the City of New York, USA; (add.info.: Belasco (1853-1931), American playwright, impresario, director and theatrical producer; Starr (1886-1973), stage, film and television actress; the portrait may be of the actress herself;); A© Museum of the City of New York ; American, out of copyright

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The Bridesmaids, 10th march, 1863, from A Memorial of the Marriage of Edward VII

939161 The Bridesmaids, 10th march, 1863, from A Memorial of the Marriage of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, pub. 1864 (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Feodorowna Cecilia (nA©e Wellesley), Viscountess Bertie of Thame (1838-1920); Hariot Georgina (nA©e Rowan-Hamilton), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (1843-1936); Eleanor Cecilia (nA©e Hare), Lady Heneage (1845-1924); Lady Victoria Margaret Louisa Howard (1844-1906); Diana de Vere (nA©e Beauclerk), Lady Huddleston (1841-1905); Victoria Alexandrina (nA©e Montagu Douglas Scott), Marchioness of Lothian (later Lady Talbot) (1844-1938); Lady Agneta Harriet Montagu (nA©e Yorke) (1838-1919); Elma (nA©e Bruce), Lady Thurlow (1842-1923);
Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), Queen Consort of the United Kingdom 1901-1910; married future King Edward VII (1841-1910) on 10th March 1863;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

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