During World War II, Josephine served with the French Red Cross and was an active member of the French resistance movement. The French Resistance was a group of individuals who helped to win the war against the German Nazis enemy with undercover work. Using her career as a cover Baker became an intelligence agent, carrying secret messages written in invisible ink on her sheet music. She was awarded honor of the Croix de Guerre, and received a Medal of the Resistance in 1946. In 1961 she received the highest French honor, the Legion d’Honneur from French president Charles deGaulle.

fripperiesandfobs:

Dress, 1873-75

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

fripperiesandfobs:

Ball gown ca. 1887

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

fyeah-eleanorparker:

Eleanor Parker as Sylvia Caldwell (Bracken’s World, NBC, 1969-1970)

okiya:

Ichogaeshi - Inverted Maidenhair Leaf Hairstyle (1910)

““The [geisha’s] ancient styles of the coiffure are fast disappearing, their place being usurped by the Ichōgaeshi (or inverted maidenhair-leaf which requires no false hair, but consists of two tresses parted at the crown, made into rings, and gathered in at the top) and even the sokuhatsu (European style). Formerly the shimada was en regle and any other style was considered as impolite vis-a-vis guests.” From, “The Nightless City” by J E De Becker, first published in 1910, page 79.” (source)

okiya:

Geiko and Maiko on a Sunny Day (1910)