Picture No | 10724286 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | Mrs Vernon (Irene) Castle |
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IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, who with her husband Vernon Castle known as 'America's Dancing Sweethearts'. The pair were incredibly successful and their earnings were high. Vernon was killed in a flying accident in 1918. She was a renowned leader of fashion and is pictured here in a particularly unusual theatrical costume, striking some exotic looking poses.
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Source | Photograph by Ira L. Hill in The Tatler 31 October 1917 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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