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Gladys Phillips Topless Theater

Vanities Theater, New York
December 1926 GP2610

Costume
Topless with strapped loincloth and feather headdress.

   TMLB.

Actions
   Gladys Phillips dances topless in the stage production of Earl Carroll's Vanities, and gets featured on a magazine cover wearing her full costume (1).

Commentary
   Toplessness comes to the New York musical theater.

Source
   Cover of Art Inspirations: Magazine of Photographic Art, New York, December 1926. Scanned from Mark Gabor, The Pin-up, Universe Books, Crown Publishers, 381 Park Ave. South, New York 10016, 1972, p. 64. Better copy obtained from robbscelebs.co.uk, 2006 1 picture.
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