"What is it you're dancing, Katya? – It's foxtrot, mommy. – Where did you study, Katya? – In the Carlton, mommy." Cartoon in the Russian Echo newspaper, Shanghai, October 1922.
Dancing in Shanghai (1922)
"What is it you're dancing, Katya? – It's foxtrot, mommy. – Where did you study, Katya? – In the Carlton, mommy." Cartoon in the Russian Echo newspaper, Shanghai, October 1922.
Posts from This Journal “nightlife” Tag
-
Berlin Russian newspaper on Josephine Baker (1928)
Published in Rul, November 1928.
-
Shanghai Nightlife Is Extraordinarily Boring (1937)
Excerpt from British Consul John Brennan's speech at his farewell reception, on March 15, 1937.
-
Berlin newspaper about Russians in Shanghai (1924)
"Disgraceful trade in Russian women is taking place in Shanghai. Afraid to lose the prestige of the white race, the European masters of…
-
Blood Alley, day and night (1930s)
View of Blood Alley from Avenue Edward VII toward Rue du Consulat. We see the signs for Royal Café, Crystal, Fantasio Café, Laci; there…
-
Recreating Saint Petersburg's nightlife in Constantinople (1920)
"...At the edge of the city, almost outside of it, there was a suburb intersected by a long street called Şişli, and this is where a…
-
The Gardenia cabaret – two views
It was exciting to find this view of Alexander Vertinsky's Gardenia cabaret (кабаре "Гардения"), which operated between April and…
- Post a new comment
- 0 comments
- Post a new comment
- 0 comments
