Jazz Age & Thereabouts

Marlene Dietrich, 1929

Alexander Binder :: Marlene Dietrich, Berlin, 1929. | src Deutsche Kinemathek

BUSTER KEATON, SNITZ EDWARDS, and T. ROY BARNES in Seven Chances (1925), dir. Buster Keaton

Dodge Brothers advertisement, The Bulletin, April 29, 1926; Call of the open road, The Triad Magazine, October 10, 1924; Graham Brothers Trucks advertisement Building Magazine, Feb 13, 1928

Buster at the premiere of ‘Hell’s Angels’ (1930)

Just a clip of his beautiful voice in preparation to submit it to the next round of the hotvintagepoll

✧ Marion Davies about to give someone the pie in the silent comedy Show People (1928)

He has an infestation of flappers.

Morris Frank and Buddy, the first Seeing Eye Dog, 1929

Today in history, January 29, 1929, The Seeing Eye foundation is incorporated. It is the first US organization that trained dogs to help the blind navigate public spaces.

BUSTER KEATON in The Blacksmith (1922), dir. Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair

“A photograph of a chorus girl taken in November 1933 by James Jarché for the Daily Herald. The photograph shows the girl in her dressing room getting ready for a performance.”

Flaming Ice by Sean O'Larkin, Dec, 1930.

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1928 “Mask” shoe by Andre Perugia. From Art Deco, Avant Garde and Modernism, FB.

shanghai express |1932|

Vintage tennis photograph. Cigarette break, 1932.

Junior has had waaaay too much milk.

Dr. Patterson wants you to be thoroughly overwhelmed and anxious by the time you enter his drugstore.