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    • Ruth St. Denis in the Dance of Incense


    • Anonymous
    • Ruth St. Denis in the Dance of Incense

    • Portrait of the dancer Ruth St. Denis, wearing an elaborate costume.

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume
    • Unsei


    • Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
    • Unsei

    • Early twentieth century black and white photograph of a Japanese Unsei, dancer of ancient Japanese sword dances and magician. Unsei trnaslates from Japanese as Luck.

    • Black-and-white photography; Photography-California; Platinum print; Costume-Japan; Pictorialism (Photography movement); Swords
    • Ruth St. Denis


    • Anonymous
    • Ruth St. Denis

    • Portrait of the dancer Ruth St. Denis wearing an elaborate costume. Embossed in lower right corner of paper, recto: "Siri Fischer Schnee Voigt."

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume
    • Ruth St. Denis in "Nautch Dance"


    • Anonymous
    • Ruth St. Denis in "Nautch Dance"

    • Portrait of Ruth St. Denis in her Indian-inspired "Nautch Dance." Though nautch dancing originated in northern Indian temples, over time it progressed to palaces, and eventually to the streets. St. Denis appropriated basic movements from street...

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume; Postcards
    • Portrait of Lillian Gish


    • Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934
    • Portrait of Lillian Gish

    • Portrait of the actress Lillian Gish.

    • Black-and-white photography; Portrait photography; Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993; Women photographers; Platinum print; Actresses
    • Ruth St. Denis


    • White, E.
    • Ruth St. Denis

    • Photograph of the dancer Ruth St. Denis wearing an elaborate costume.

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume; Women
    • Ruth St. Denis on movie set


    • Anonymous
    • Ruth St. Denis on movie set

    • Photograph of Ruth St. Denis with other men and women on a film set. The stage is set to resemble a Middle Eastern bazaar.

    • St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; Motion pictures-Setting and scenery

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