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  • Flying with Valeska

    originally posted on July 12, 2026 First off, I greatly apologize for not updating the site. I did not realize it had been over a year (!) since last updating it and I guess time does fly. Speaking of flying, I am presenting a magazine article that was sent to me by Ed Barnard. This…

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  • originally posted on September 19, 2024 Back with another article by Valeska, this time from the May 26, 1912 issue of The Commercial Tribune newspaper. How Any Woman Can Defy Nature and Make Herself into a Queen of Beauty By Miss Valeska Suratt, the World’s Greatest Exponent of Self-Made Beauty Well my dear sisters, I…

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  • originally posted on March 24, 2024 This is a reprint of an article that appeared in the May 19, 1912 Cincinnati Commercial Tribune newspaper. In the Witchery of her Self-Made Beauty. We transmit below the first little message from Valeska Suratt to our readers: My Dear Friends: It is somewhat embarrassing to speak of myself,…

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  • Photo Play – March 1916

    Originally posted on July 1, 2020 Here are scans from the March 1916 Photo Play article about Valeska.

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  • Photo Play – Aug 1916

    Originally posted May 12, 2020 In August 1916, Photo Play Magazine featured two (!) stories from Valeska Suratt, as well as having her grace the cover of the magazine.  To view them in a larger format, right click on the photo and view it in a separate tab/window, which will allow you to see it…

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  • Shadowland – November 1919

    Originally published May 8, 2020. Here is a page spread that featured Valeska Suratt in the November 1919 issue of “Shadowland.”

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