If you, like myself, love everything vintage, burlesque, circusy, and showgirlish, the following photos will probably be to your liking. The photos depict circus showgirls during the 40s and 50s, and they're all in color!

Circus Showgirl, 1950.

Barnum & Bailey Showgirl, 1946.

Circus girl, 1950s.

Circus people, 1955.

Circus women, 1956.

Aerialist Pinto del Oro, 1953.

Performer Lottie Brunn, 1949.

Birthday flowers, 1941.

Mardi Gras girl, 1952.

Dailey Brothers Circus, 1950.

Circus Performer Couple, 1954.

Aerial ballet showgirl, 1949.

King Brothers Circus, 1950.

Wardrobe wagon, 1959.

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Early 20th Century Color Photos

Part of looking at old photograph and feeling they're old, is that they are back and white, and sometimes a bit blurry. As soon as you see color photographies, they seem so much more modern, even if they were taken the same year as the ones in black and white. Vanessa - a friend of mine - sent me a link to a page full of color photos from early 20th century Paris. When looking through them I got the feeling this time wasn't so long ago, and that less than we think has actually changed...

The photos were taken using Autochrome Lumière technology. This method was invented in 1903 by Auguste and Louis Lumière (the Lumière Brothers).

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