Salvador Dali walking his anteater...
Cora Pearl (born Emma Crouch in 1835) was at her time the most famous courtesan in Paris. She may not have been the most conventional beauty, but she charmed men with her daring sexuality, enviable body, wit and lust for life. There are many stories about Cora, some probably true and some not: it has been told she used to bathe in expensive champagne, once had herself served naked on a silver plate at a fancy dinner and dyed her hair red, pink and golden - and her dog’s hair to match hers.
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1902 Tin Man & Scarecrow - photo from musical version of Wizard of Oz.
Original cation: "Unhappy woman dances with person in a polar bear costume"
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Edie and Andy (Colour version)
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Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975): She was not only an extremely talented singer, dancer, and actress; she also served as a spy for France in WWII. Unable to have children of her own, she adopted 12 children from around the world and lived with them in a castle in France. She was married to men four times and also had several notable female lovers, including French writer Colette as well as Frida Kahlo.
She also used her influence to support the Civil Rights Movement, refusing to perform for segregated audiences and speaking at the 1963 March on Washington with MLK Jr.
Strong Woman, 1904
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Woman with cups and saucers on her chest... www.retronaut.co
Christina at Lulworth Cove - Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman, a distinguised Aeronautical engineer, took these autochromes of his daughter Christina at and near Lulworth Cove in Dorset, in 1913.
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Marilyn Monroe by Edward Clarke, 1950
Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, playing cricket