TAGGED: 1930s
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The Minerva Theatre on Orwell St, Kings Cross in Sydney, after it opened in May 1939.

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Douglas Fairbanks Jnr and Katharine Hepburn in a still from the film Morning Glory (USA, Lowell Sherman, 1933).

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Joan Crawford in a still from Dancing Lady (USA, Robert Z Leonard, 1933). From the Taussig film stills collection.

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The 'Berlei controllette [corset] no. 6181 SBW (short below waist) type'. The design is particularly beautiful and has echoes of art deco in the triangular shapes and filigree font.

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This beautiful design has echoes of art deco.

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This slide is another used in the educational training series for Berlei fitters. It compares the tight-laced corsets of the early 1900s with the modern foundation garments of the 1930s.

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Two women in white lab coats measure a woman for her foundation garment in a clinical-looking setting complete with scales.

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One of the great things about using real women as models is that the women aren't trained in how to stand and pose like other models.

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Berlei have always catered for different shapes and sizes of women.

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A young girl fills the cup of her smaller companion with milk with a somewhat deadly look in her eye.