Ruth St. Denis

The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, California, helped many perfect their dancing talents. Ruth St. Denis performing a solo work. Wikipedia

Queen of Spain

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, 1915

 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA | George Grantham Bain Collection

Edith Whitney

Edith Whitney, 1915, Ziegfeld Follies, Zebra  Girl Costume

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Alice In Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland (1915)

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Suffrage Shop

Suffrage shop, New York, 1915

Source: George Grantham Bain Collection | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington,D.C. 20540 USA 

SS Eastland

Passengers being rescued from the hull of the Eastland by the tugboat Kenosha in the Chicago River

The SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915 the ship rolled over while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was to become the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

Following the disaster, the Eastland was salvaged and sold to the United States Navy. After restorations and modifications the Eastland was designated as a gunboat and renamed the USS Wilmette. She was used primarily as a training vessel on the Great Lakes and was scrapped following World War II.

Source: wikipedia

Vintage Art

George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925), Riverfront No.1, Painting, 1915 

Source: artblart | Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio: Howald Fund Purchase

Pina Menichelli

In the world of the silent screen Italian actress Pina Menichelli was a superstar, a diva, a femme fatale. Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli (10 January 1890 – 29 August 1984), known as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress and silent film star. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pastrone gave her the lead role in Il Fuoco (1915).

Source: wikipedia | classicfilmheroines

Vintage Film

Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage (1934),  Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and is widely regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham.

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