The first vamp My proximate source: http://thauma-aidou.tumblr.com/post/157028725979/tweeted-by-open-culture-with-the-explanatory-text
Death and the Maiden XVII My original tumblr post was here. I believe this is a picture of Theda Bara (1885-1955), used a promotional still for the silent melodrama A Fool There Was (1915). Original text: Source: deathandthemaiden