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

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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