Ella Lola - Turkish bellydancer - 1898
From the New York clipper, 4/19/02, p. 167: Ella Lola was born Sept. 2, 1883, in Boston, and made her first appearance as a dancer at the age of eleven years, and by her clever work has steadily come to the fore, until now she takes rank among the best in her class. She has been featured at various times with road companies, and has met with success at the leading vaudeville houses through the country.
Apparently filmed in Edison's "Black Maria" studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
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elizabeneth 1 year ago
BEAUTIFUL! She could have been my great-great granma!
bigtarrose 2 years ago
I wonder what this gal did in later years... She was only 15 years old when this was filmed...
BSNFabricating 3 years ago
Un bello documento. Lástima que no tenga sonido.
miguelarrizabalaga 3 years ago
From Wikipedia "Because this dance style (Belly Dance) created such a craze, Thomas Edison made several films of dancers in the 1890s. Included in these are the Turkish dance, Ella Lola, 1898 and Crissie Sheridan in 1897 both available for on-line viewing through the Library of Congress. Another in this collection is Princess Rajah dance from 1904 which features a dancer playing Zils (finger cymbals), doing "floor work", and balancing a chair in her teeth."
obulous 3 years ago
I would die to listen what she was listening!
Analaima 3 years ago 2
amazing footage! so precious!
MeivFun 4 years ago
cool, neat footage
cretancooper 4 years ago
Fantastic document
aliceihm 4 years ago