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Little Egypt The Belly Dance

Chicago, Illinois
1893 LE189310

Costume
   Loose fitting croptop with fringe, nombrilled and slit skirt, hose, high-heeled shoes, armbands, hat, and scarf.

   TL. Cleavage. N-2 bellage.

Actions
   Little Egypt introduces the "cooch" at the Chicago World's Fair. The cooch invoves gyrations of the bare midriff (1).

Commentary
   Once again, we see the a bikini line, and again, it has Egyptian nuance (JG186610).

Source
   Scanned from Mark Gabor, The Pin-up, Universe Books, Crown Publishers, 381 Park Ave. South, New York 10016, 1972, p. 59. Source is the Picture Collection, New York Public Library. 1 picture.
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