Magazine clipping advertising The Plantation Club, NYC

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Magazine clipping advertising The Plantation Club, NYC. This page is taken from the magazine Vogue, May 1924 issue. The upper two thirds of the page are filled with a pencil drawing done in black white and grey tones. It depicts a stage scene with seven female dancers. Six dancers form a semicircle, and the seventh stands out in front. They wear costumes consisting of a bikini top, and a short skirt ending in a large feathery tutu. The background dancers have feather anklets, while the foreground dancer has feather anklets and bracelets. She stands with her left arm held straight out to the side and her right arm held out with arm bent and hand at shoulder height. The dancers are crossed by two spotlight beams, one from the rear of the stage and one from the right.

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