Photograph of Josesphine Baker at the Battle of Versailles Fashion Show

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Black-and-white photograph of Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, an unidentified man, and Josephine Baker at the rehearsals for Battle of Versailles Fashion Show. Captured from the chest up, Baker, on the right, stares directly at the camera. She wears a sequined and crystal-studded bodysuit with a feather headdress. Large hoops earrings are attached to the side of the headdress with a large, tear-drop shaped metal headpiece with a dangling smaller metal piece. To Baker’s proper right, at the center, is an unidentified man looking at Baker. He is wearing a plaid-pattered jacket with a bowtie. To his proper right, and to the very left, is de Rothschild. She is also looking at Baker and is wearing a long-sleeve shirt with a few necklaces. On the back of the photograph is a copyright notice by the photographer Bill Cunningham.

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