Very confusing, and one that might need more investigation. I have been unable to find this Ginger Johnson, though her name is currently used by a Drag Queen, who actually won the fifth season of RuPaul`s Drag Race UK. This has all sorts of interesting possibilities, for stage names are not usually able to be re-used. Of course we imagine that the Ginger Johnson on our card is probably no longer alive to claim it, but it could mean that she was also never famous enough to register it.
Originally I said I had not yet tracked down the club, but now I have, Rose`s Casa Manana was a revue show and the Rose was actually Billy Rose, who was a theatrical impresario and was married to Fanny Brice. It was filmed in 1938, but I cant find our girl, so more researching!
This set was issued in several formats - firstly as a series of 54 cards in either a standard size (issued January 1939) or our medium version (March 1939) - and secondly as a series of 36 cards in large size (February 1939) or extra large (November 1939).
I am not sure how the subjects were selected, and why. Our Ginger Johnson has rather good feet, and is posed very artistically, but did she only serve as a glimpse of glamour that fuelled a few fantasies and was then forgotten? Or was her hope that her spot of posing would lead to a spot in a movie, from where fame would surely come? But alas, it looks like she was disappointed.