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Old Posted Sep 11, 2012, 3:25 PM
Chuckaluck Chuckaluck is offline
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Originally Posted by Wig-Wag View Post
Chuckaluck,
I believe that the young lady holding the ostrich plume in your last photo is the fan dancer, Sally Rand. She continued to perform well into her 60's. I had the pleasure of watching one of her last performances at a club on the Sunset Strip in the 1970's.
Cheers,
Jack
Although Sally is most identified with fans, I am informed that the plumage covers one of the last surviving silent film actresses - Mary Carlisle. (Technically she is said to have appeared in silent shorts as a child.) Per Wiki, she was born on Feb 3, 1912. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Carlisle

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Sally (1904-1979):
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