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Posts tagged with Leazar 'BABY' Scruggs.
Some more Baby Scruggs, why not?! Original caption: American showgirl Baby Scruggs as she appears in the revue ‘From Paris To Piccadilly’, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 25th April 1952. Photograph by George Konig.

Some more Baby Scruggs, why not?!

Original caption: 
American showgirl Baby Scruggs as she appears in the revue ‘From Paris To Piccadilly’, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 25th April 1952. Photograph by George Konig.

#Baby Scruggs   #Leazar 'BABY' Scruggs   #london   #black burlesque   #shake dancer   #1950s   #burlesque   #vintage   #George Konig   #African American  
1 year ago · 362 notes

Leazar ‘Baby’ Scruggs, 1950s. Shake dancer and daughter of blues singer Irene Scruggs.

“Still None the Wiser: A Mid-Century Passage, 1952-1967” by Paul Adamson 

"Monument Eternal: The Music of Alice Coltrane" by Franya J. Berkman (2010)
“Monument Eternal: The Music of Alice Coltrane” by Franya J. Berkman (2010) 

Jet magazine, August 1953

Jet magazine, April 1953


(Photo sources: 1, 2, 3)

#Baby Scruggs   #Leazar 'BABY' Scruggs   #Irene Scruggs   #dance   #jazz   #bebop   #1950s   #blues   #shake dancer   #black burlesque   #burlesque   #london   #vintage   #African American  
1 year ago · 20 notes
burlyqnell: Vintage signed 5x7 of Baby Scruggs, who was best known for her performance in “Paris to Piccadilly” in London, England in 1952 and 1953. Leazar ‘BABY’ Scruggs, 1950s

burlyqnell:

Vintage signed 5x7 of Baby Scruggs, who was best known for her performance in “Paris to Piccadilly” in London, England in 1952 and 1953.

Leazar ‘BABY’ Scruggs, 1950s

(via backtothefiveanddime)

#Baby Scruggs   #burlesque   #black burlesque   #london   #1950s   #Leazar 'BABY' Scruggs   #Irene Scruggs   #African American  
1 year ago · 131 notes