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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Apr 11, 2012 4:26 PM UTC  Josephine Baker performs at New York's Strand Theater in 1951. Josephine Baker performs at New York's Strand Theater in 1951. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Apr 11, 2012 4:26 PM UTC No American public figures—not Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, not Louise Brooks, not even the inimitable Louis Armstrong—embodied the “Jazz Age” of the 1920s more perfectly than Josephine Baker, the Missouri native who became a legendary performer in Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. In fact, for millions of people (Europeans, for the most part, but also others all over the globe) who read about, heard about or saw the “Bronze Venus” on stage or in movies at the height of her career, Baker _was_ the Jazz Age—a gorgeous, pyrotechnic talent who, in the words of none other than Ernest Hemingway, “was the most sensational woman anyone ever saw.” Years after her greatest popularity, but when she was still a beloved singer and dancer in her adopted France and elsewhere in Europe, Baker returned to America — specifically, to Broadway—in 1951, and was a smash hit decades after she left home for less Puritanical and (largely) less race-conscious realms overseas. In its April 2, 1951, issue the editors of LIFE reported on Baker’s homecoming thus: --- > “” --- Here, LIFE.com brings back a series of photographs from 1951 by Alfred Eisenstaedt that capture something of the woman’s energy, charisma and near-palpable _joie de vivre_. There will never be another. . . . _Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at_ [_@LizabethRonk_](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk)_._  Josephine Baker performs at New York's Strand Theater in 1951. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. In a $21,000 gown of Jacques Griffe, she flutters like a moth and sings a Cuban love song, 'This is Happiness.' She brought 43 gowns to the U.S. for her tour. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Josephine Baker performs at New York's Strand Theater in 1951. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. In a Dior dress, and furs which cost $2,600, she sings into mike concealed in her hand-held corsage: 'Two loves have I ... my country and Paree ... Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Josephine Baker performs at New York's Strand Theater in 1951. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Josephine Baker performs at New York's Strand Theater in 1951. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Her four-foot chignon is wound up into three tiers of buns on Miss Baker's head in dressing room. She brought her French maid over from Paris. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. A peck on the nose is given by husband Jo Bouillon after performance. Bouillon, called 'Mr. Soup' around theater, leads the orchestra for his wife. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Josephine Baker performs at New York's Strand Theater in 1951. 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