Vintage Beauties

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Ruby Dee, Photographed in New York, 1961, by Carl Van Vechten.

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kvetchlandia:

Dennis Stock     Billie Holiday     1958

“You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.” Billie Holiday, “Lady Sings the Blues”  1956

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glovesinthesummertime:

See Lena Horne was a lady.

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lascasartoris:

Dorothy Dandridge, 1953 by Philippe Halsman

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1927

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vieilles-annonces:

Advertisement for Murrays Pomade and Hair Glo - Ebony Magazine May, 1946 on Flickr.

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