Daily Mirror, England, April 8, 1920

C.V. Farrow drew this beautiful map of what he called "The Wondrous Isle of Manhattan" in 1926. You MUST enlarge it. It wasn't intended to be used for navigation, but rather as a pictorial representation of the island's highlights. Below are a few details that show you what the full-size map is really like. You should enlarge them, too!

Source: Gothamist

Burlesque dancers, circa 1920

Kae Carroll in the Ziegfeld Follies, c. 1925-1927

Edward Steichen - Marion Morehouse (Vogue 1927)

exploring the Degas House, but make it 1935…

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George Barbier, La Belle Personne, Worth evening dress, detail, fashion plate from Gazette du Bon Ton, 1925.

Loretta Young, late 1920s.

El Paso Herald, Texas, January 31, 1928

Happy birthday Josephine Baker!

Josephine was born on 3 June 1906. She’s known best for her career as a dancer, singer and actress.  In 1925, she emigrated from the USA and took Paris by storm with her comic, energetic and provocative dancing (watch it here!) - sometimes wearing nothing but a single ostrich feather on stage.

But there’s also another side to Josephine - during WWII, she was a spy for the French resistance, sneaking important information out of the country written on her sheet music in invisible ink, or pinned to her underwear. She was also a life-member of the NAACP, travelling around the USA to campaign for civil rights, and speaking at the 1963 March on Washington.

Josephine was bisexual, having four husbands (or five, depending on how you’re counting) and many female lovers. She continued to perform up until her death in 1975.

Learn more

[Image: Josephine, smiling and doing finger guns, wearing a skirt made of sequinned bananas, lots of jewellery, and very little else]

It was my birthday yesterday, and for my birthday, I decided I wanted to share a little bit of animation. (From the Lackadaisy film, of course!)

Also - New Dev Log Post

This one explains a bit more about where we are in production currently, among other news!

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Many thanks to the artists who worked on the scenes featured above! - Directing and editing by Fable Siegel - Animation/cleanup by Nico Smania, Nick, Marie-Ève Lacelle (Zebirdbrain),  Adolfo Rodríguez, Annabel P. - Compositing by Ashley Nichols - Voices by Lisa Riemold, Belsheber Rusape, and Michael Kovach - Sound design by M Gewehr - Backgrounds and layout by Newt and Frog - And blog written by Clint Pereira

the EMH Brothers in suits (again)

est. 1922

Edward Steichen - Marion Morehouse Wearing a Dress by Chanel (Vogue 1926)