Baker, Josephine. (1906–1975) Vintage PhotographVintage 8 x 10 inch doubleweight original photograph of the great singer dancer "in a happy good mood when she arrives at London airport" in 1959. Fine. Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Crole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."