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intothebeautifulnew:

Ethel Waters, singer & all around performer, in On With The Show, 1929.

intothebeautifulnew:

Ethel Waters, singer & all around performer, in On With The Show, 1929.

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allinthebestofbadtaste:

Jean Idelle

Fan dance legend Jean Idelle 

allinthebestofbadtaste:

Jean Idelle

Fan dance legend Jean Idelle 

“Images” by Nina Simone, poem by William Waring Cuney
Recording session: December 25, 1965, Netherlands 

Such a beautiful portrait of Lena Horne I couldn’t resist posting it. 

Such a beautiful portrait of Lena Horne I couldn’t resist posting it. 

Nina Mae McKinney c1929
cartermagazine:

Today In History
‘Ethel Waters, famed blues singer and actress, was born in Chester, PA, on this date October 31, 1900. Waters, a popular figure during the “Harlem Renaissance,” won best supporting actress for her role in Pinky (1949). “Down Home Music” and “Oh Daddy” were some of her famous songs.’
(photo: Ethel Waters)
- CARTER Magazine

Ethel Waters, 1930s

cartermagazine:

Today In History

‘Ethel Waters, famed blues singer and actress, was born in Chester, PA, on this date October 31, 1900. Waters, a popular figure during the “Harlem Renaissance,” won best supporting actress for her role in Pinky (1949). “Down Home Music” and “Oh Daddy” were some of her famous songs.’

(photo: Ethel Waters)

- CARTER Magazine

Ethel Waters, 1930s

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divalocity:

A Glamtastic Flashback: Eartha Kitt - 1959 by Isaac Sutton.

Eartha Kitt, 1959 by Issac Sutton

divalocity:

A Glamtastic Flashback: Eartha Kitt - 1959 by Isaac Sutton.

Eartha Kitt, 1959 by Issac Sutton

Lena Horne, 1940s
Does anyone know the photographer?

Lena Horne, 1940s

Does anyone know the photographer?

(Source: stirredstraightup.blogspot.co.uk)

guywoodhouse:

A young Diahann Carroll, workin’ it

guywoodhouse:

A young Diahann Carroll, workin’ it

lauramcphee:

Eartha Kitt, 1951 (Russell Westwood)

lauramcphee:

Eartha Kitt, 1951 (Russell Westwood)

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