1. fuckyeahvintageillustration:

    ‘Comus’ by John Milton, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Published 1921 by Doubleday, Page & Co.

    See the complete book here.

  2. wehadfacesthen: Dancer Ernestine Myers, 1920, a photo by Orval Hixon

    wehadfacesthen:

    Dancer Ernestine Myers, 1920, a photo by Orval Hixon

  3. my-ear-trumpet: fugaciousephemera: Fairy with wings riding a bat? Kinda lazy. Poster advertising Viola Tree’s Company performing ‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych Theatre, London - Charles A Buchel (1872-1950) - Designed in 1904, Printed in 1921

    my-ear-trumpet:

    fugaciousephemera:

    Fairy with wings riding a bat? Kinda lazy.

    Poster advertising Viola Tree’s Company performing ‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych Theatre, London - Charles A Buchel (1872-1950) - Designed in 1904, Printed in 1921

  4. growhousegrow: Pattern: Griffin Twins, 1924. A search for “Griffin Twins vaudeville” gives you this: “The Griffin Twins, the ‘Princes Charming,’ will appear again in songs, dances, and artistic posing. They are among the cleverest juveniles in vaudeville.”

    growhousegrow:

    Pattern: Griffin Twins, 1924.

    A search for “Griffin Twins vaudeville” gives you this:

    “The Griffin Twins, the ‘Princes Charming,’ will appear again in songs, dances, and artistic posing. They are among the cleverest juveniles in vaudeville.”

  5. maudelynn: Poster of Alla Nazimova as Hedda Tesman in H. Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” Artwork by Sigismund Ivanowski c.1907 

    maudelynn:

    Poster of Alla Nazimova as Hedda Tesman in H. Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”

    Artwork by Sigismund Ivanowski c.1907 

  6. heracliteanfire: Portrait painting of actress Hester Booth as a female harlequin, oil on canvas by John Ellys. ca 1722-1725 (via Victoria & Albert Museum)

    heracliteanfire:

    Portrait painting of actress Hester Booth as a female harlequin, oil on canvas by John Ellys. ca 1722-1725 (via Victoria & Albert Museum)