Ladies Who Entertained Us

4th Ave Publishing

They entertained by stripping off their clothes on stage, it started in Vaudeville where they went from fully dressed to a tiny costume, Burlesque became a  genre of its own where the show was just ladies stripping on stage. As things got more adventurous Strippers would offer their act even on Night Club floors. Later in the Century as technology evolved Ladies would perform on film and then video tape.

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1945

Carol Doda

Carol Doda waiting back stage

Carol Doda waiting back stage

Carol Doda dancing topless

Carol Doda dancing topless in San Francisco

Carol Doda topless on stage

Carol Doda topless on stage

Carol Doda with her hair done up

Carol Doda attended the San Francisco Art Institute and worked as a waitress and lounge entertainer at the Condor Club, at the corner of Broadway and Columbus in the North Beach section of San Francisco. Doda’s act began with a…

Carol Doda getting help from her dresser

Carol Doda getting help from her dresser Carol-Doda

Carol Doda sitting topples

Carol Doda sitting topples at her dressing table adjusting her hair

Carol Doda topless on her little stage

Carol Doda topless on her little stage