Instant Views [o.] The Fortune Teller | Theda Bara / Django Reinhardt / B. Rathbone / M. Monroe / Cristobal Balenciega / Edith Piaf (1915 – 1956)

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The Fortune Teller | Theda Bara / Django Reinhardt / B. Rathbone / M. Monroe / Cristobal Balenciega / Edith Piaf  (1915 - 1956)
Carnival Fortune Teller, 1938
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 Brassaï, The Fortune Teller, 1933                                                     Brassaï, The Fortune Teller, Paris, 1930
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Edith Piaf reading the palm of Django Reinhardt, Paris, 1947

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A young man has his palms ready by a fortune teller in Havana, Cuba, 1946

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Postcard, 1919                     Inge Morath, Cristobal Balenciega with turban, 1956

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A crystal ball prediction toy, with its inventor dressed as a fortune teller, on Inventor’s day
at the Ideal Toy Co, Hollis, New York, 1955
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André Kertész, Fortune Teller, Paris, 1930

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Theda Bara in 1915’s silent film Carmen                                                    Algerian Fortune Teller, 1920s

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Marilyn Monroe getting her palm read by Hassan, the fortune teller, at The Beverly Hills Hotel, 1954
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* A fortune teller at the South Louisiana State Fair in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1938
** A young Chinese boy has his hand read by an Indian fortune-teller under Elgin Bridge, Singapore, 1948

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Chinese fortune teller showing close-up of hand, 1947
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Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, visiting a fortune teller in ‘Pursuit To Algiers’,
directed by Roy William Neill, 1945
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A fortune teller plies his trade outside a temple in Thailand. In his case is a picture of King Rama IX (Bhumibol or Phumiphon) of Thailand, 1955
Andre Kertesz Fortune Teller Paris 1930
André Kertész, Fortune Teller, Paris, 1930

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