Pulp Fiction, 1928 · page 2 of 68
10-Story Book, February 1928 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is an illustrated advertisement or promotional feature from an early-20th-century pulp magazine. It displays a black-and-white photograph of a woman in minimal stage costume posed next to a draped fabric column, identified as Lily Nicolska, a Folies-Bergère ballet dancer. The accompanying text humorously claims her tour of the South Sea Islands failed because the local population was unimpressed by her appearance, though it suggests "the rest of you will enjoy her." The caption indicates this is a special feature related to an International Newsreel story.
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Famous Folies-Bergere Ballet Girl Whose Tour of the South Sea Islands Failed merely because the peo- ple nm the South Sea Islands see so much girl flesh that Lily Nicolska, here depicted im _ her usual stage costume, didn’t cause a ripple of interest. However, the rest of you will enjoy her, no doubt. Special for the ie ge Number of 10 §Bstory Book a International Newsreel. CcoOmnicloooks (S(O)