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LIFE Magazine, January 18, 1937

The ladies and gentlemen on these pages were all photographed while vacationing at Palm Beach in 1921. Their pictures were run in the rotogravure sections, displayed in much the same style as they are here. Plucked from the “morgue” of one picture agency, they look funny today beside the Palm Beach socialites appearing in the current “rotos.” But let the snickers remember that in 15 or 20 years the 1937 Palm Beachers will look just as funny as these 1921 ones do now. Sixteen years ago in front of Palm Beach’s most fashionable hotel, The Breakers, a lady bather wore a dress of taffeta or satin over black jersey tights. Stockings were compulsory though sometimes rolled down to the knee. Not until 1924 was the one-piece bathing suit less than a shocking novelty.

Vaudeville dancer, actor and comedian Harry Fox, 1919 Harry was married to Jenny Dolly, of the Ziegfeld performing Dolly Sisters, from 1912 until 1921. He later married actress Evelyn Brent. Fox holds a claim to the possible eponymous dance the...   High-res

Vaudeville dancer, actor and comedian Harry Fox, 1919

Harry was married to Jenny Dolly, of the Ziegfeld performing Dolly Sisters, from 1912 until 1921. He later married actress Evelyn Brent. Fox holds a claim to the possible eponymous dance the Foxtrot. 

Chicago, September 20, 1908

The young lady referred to here as Lillian Held Ziegfeld was not the daughter of Anna Held or Florenz Ziegfeld. Lillian Lorraine, then 16, was a young lady discovered by Ziegfeld who went on the become one of the most famous Ziegfeld girls. Ziegfeld’s infatuation with Lillian, which would prove to be lifelong, led to the ruin of his relationship with Anna Held.