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Sisters of the Sun: 1929

Circa 1929. "Unidentified women, possibly Elizabeth Duncan dancers." The gauzy harbingers of Spring. 4x5 nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size.

Circa 1929. "Unidentified women, possibly Elizabeth Duncan dancers." The gauzy harbingers of Spring. 4x5 nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size.

 

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Caption?

I wonder if the captioner meant Isadora Duncan dancers. Isadora died in 1927, but her spirit still flits across the landscape.

[Elizabeth Duncan was a dance instructor and Isadora's older sister. -tterrace]

Listen

If only we could hear the music they are hearing.

Middle Is Mostest

Well, I'm a senior citizen but too young to have met the lady in the middle. But in 1965 as a teen Marine, Great Uncle Ed told me that there were beautiful women in his day and some of them were even born in the 19th century.

Si-reens

These may be the Sirens from "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" practicing up for their next victims.

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