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Jennie Lee aka. “The Bazoom Girl”.. (aka. Virginia Lee Hicks)
Miss TopsyPhotographed by — Maurice Seymour
Eunice Jason aka. “The Ooh-La-La Girl”..Vintage 50’s-era promotional photo personalized: “To Hirsh Cohen — Thank you for the very nice note — Always appreciate hearing from friends.. Good Luck to you.. Always, — Eunice Jason
Naja Karamuru aka. “Princess Naja”..
burleskateer: Sande Marlowe More photos of Sande can be found here..
Vicki PalmerMore pics of Vicki can be found here..
burleskateer: Doreen aka. “The Tassel Queen”..
Magnificent Mary Mack aka. “The Naughty Girl Next Door!”..
Amber Mist
burleskateer: Rusty Lane More pics of Rusty can be found here..
Lili St. Cyr (aka. Marie Van Schaack)
Irma The Body (aka. Mary Goodneighbor)
Petite Yvonne Yvette aka. “The Erotic Import from Australia”..
Dian Rowland aka. “The Original Net Girl”..
Blaze Starr is featured on the cover of the February ‘57 issue of ‘FROLIC’ magazine..
burleskateer: Venus The Body (aka. Jean Smyle) Image courtesy of: KD’s Pin-Ups and Music..
Dolores DuVaughn
burleskateer: Gee Whiz
burleskateer: Scarlett Rebel
odk-2: Madam Sabath Photographed by — Maurice Seymour
Tirza (aka. Leona Duval)Vintage promo photo from an appearance at the 1939-edition of the New York World’s Fair, where she would debut her “new” Wine Bath shower.. Sponsored by the Chicago Wine Company, the device featured 2 illuminated
Toni Elling aka. “The Duke’s Delight”..More pics of Toni can be found here..
Paula Uhsan
burleskateer: Venus The Body (aka. Jean Smyle) Posing nude during a 50’s-era photoshoot for a color slide series..
Dixie Evans (aka. Mary Lee Evans) aka. “The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque”..Photographed by — George K. Mann
burleskateer: Virginia Bell poses in her boudoir for an image used in a Fan Club photo set..
Jeanine France aka. “The Eyefull Tower Girl”..
Vintage press photo dated from January of ‘43 captures chorus girl Queenie Backstage at an unidentified Theatre, applying some paint touch-ups to a pair of her dance shoes..
burleskateer: Lilly Christine aka. “The Cat Girl”.. Performing her “Harem Dance” at ‘Prima’s 500 Club’ in New Orleans, sometime in the early 1950’s..
Scarlett Rebel
Vintage 60′s-era promo postcard from the famed ‘500 Club’; located in the heart of New Orleans’ famed “French Quarter”.. The nightclub was owned and operated by Leon Prima up until the mid-1950′s.. The interior of the postcard promotes
Cynthia aka. “The Silhouette”.. From the photo series featured in her Burmel Publishing “PERSONALITY” Digest..
burleskateer: Jeanine France aka. “The Eyefull Tower Girl”..
Jada (aka. Janet Conforto)Photographed by — Roy Kemp
burleskateer: Lee Lane
Toni Wells
Pat Blotteaux (Left) and Betty Jaymes (Right) pose together in a promo photo advertising their appearance in a Donn Arden dance show at the ‘RIO CABANA’ nightclub; located on 400 N. Wabash Avenue, in Chicago..
Baby Bubbles (aka. Corky Dunbar / Elaine Jones)
burleskateer: Tura Satana ( aka. Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi ) Photographed by – George K. Mann
Misty AyresFrom a photo series associated with: ‘The FRONT ROW Club’.. A set of Fan Club photos sold thru ads that appeared in 50′s-era Men’s Magazines..
Lili St. Cyr graces the cover of the December 1949 edition of ‘LAFF’ magazine..
Donna Mae “Busty” Brown aka. “Miss Anatomy”..
burleskateer: Venus The Body (aka. Jean Smyle) poses nude outdoors during a 50’s-era photoshoot.. Likely part of a larger color slide series..
Candy Barr appears on the cover of the December ‘76 issue of ‘Texas Monthly’ magazine..More pics of Candy can be found here..
Honey Bee ..strikes a pensive pose
burleskateer: Zorita (aka. Katherine Boyd Petillo) Vintage press photo from 1937 features Zorita performing her “Wedding Of The Snake” act onstage, with one of her Indigo Snakes…
Cherrie KnightAppears in a publicity still for the 1955 Burlesque short film: “Parisian Nights”; produced by Sonney-Mack Enterprises.. The film also featured René André in it’s cast, as well..
burleskateer: Dixie Evans catches up on some reading..
Cuddles Cumming
Gilda Gray (aka. Marinna Michalska)During the early 1920’s, Gilda became a star in the “Ziegfeld Follies”; where she popularized a dance called “the shimmy”.. Later, she would appear as a dancer in a number of films released by ‘Paramount
Virginia Bell Photographed by – George K. Mann
HER FLESH WAS FAIR – BUT TAINTED!‘The Private Life Of A STRIP-TEASE GIRL’ - by Cal AntonPublished by Fiesta Books..
Dorian DennisFrom of a larger photo series taken by Irving Klaw..
darkfetishscorpio: Burlesque Queens 50s Dixie Evans (aka. Mary Lee Evans) In fact, this is a late-period promo photo dated from after 1962.. She stopped billing herself as “The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque” shortly after Marilyn’s
“How much wood could a Jennie Lee chop.. if a Jennie Lee didn’t have her panties down around her knees?!..”
Vicki Raye
Gia-Mo (Huang)
Vicki Palmer ..soaks in the sunshine!Photographed by — George K. Mann
Roy Orbison - One Of The Lonely Ones (Remastered)
Yvonne Yvette
