May 24 2012
11:11 pm
Fred and Adele Astaire, 1921.

Fred and Adele Astaire, 1921.

Posted 2 days ago
#1920s #fred astaire #adele astaire #dancing #dancers #actor #vintage #portrait #siblings #family
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May 24 2012
10:28 pm
Fred Astaire in Daddy Long Legs (1955).

Fred Astaire in Daddy Long Legs (1955).

Posted 2 days ago
#1950s #fred astaire #dancing #actor #dancer #vintage #portrait #daddy long legs #jumping #jump #happy
25 notes

May 24 2012
9:42 pm
Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Posted 2 days ago
#1940s #fred astaire #rita hayworth #you never were lovelier #vintage #dancing #happy #movie
38 notes

May 22 2012
3:06 am
Dancing Köçek with a tambourine, Turkey, late 19th century.

Dancing Köçek with a tambourine, Turkey, late 19th century.

Posted 5 days ago
#19th century #victorians #victorian #turkey #ottoman empire #kocek #tambourine #dancer #dancing #vintage #portrait #crossdresser
6 notes

May 18 2012
8:31 am
Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, April 1916. Source: New York Public Library

Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, April 1916.

Source: New York Public Library

Posted 1 week ago
#ruth st. denis #ted shawn #dancers #dancing #1910s #vintage #portrait
2 notes

May 16 2012
6:39 am
Main Ballroom at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California, 1920.

Main Ballroom at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California, 1920.

Posted 1 week ago
#1920s #san francisco #california #northern california #SF #USA #vintage #dancing #ballroom
19 notes

May 12 2012
2:18 am
Elvis Presley for “Jailhouse Rock” (1957). Source: Library of Congress

Elvis Presley for “Jailhouse Rock” (1957).

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1950s #elvis presley #elvis #vintage #portrait #jailhouse rock #dancing
57 notes

May 2 2012
7:57 am
Marion Post Wolcott, Saturday night juke joint outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, USA, November 1939. Source: Library of Congress

Marion Post Wolcott, Saturday night juke joint outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, USA, November 1939.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 3 weeks ago
#1930s #mississippi #USA #vintage #great depression #dancing #marion post wolcott #african-american
32 notes

May 2 2012
5:33 am
Alan Fisher, Large group, mostly men, surrounds couples jitterbug dancing on a dance floor, with a photographer in the foreground and the audience in raised seating on the left, USA, 1938. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection

Alan Fisher, Large group, mostly men, surrounds couples jitterbug dancing on a dance floor, with a photographer in the foreground and the audience in raised seating on the left, USA, 1938.

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection

Posted 3 weeks ago
#1930s #alan fisher #great depression #vintage #dancing #jitterbug #USA
15 notes

May 2 2012
3:50 am
Marion Post Wolcott, Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint, Saturday evening, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, November 1939. Source: Library of Congress

Marion Post Wolcott, Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint, Saturday evening, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, November 1939.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 3 weeks ago
#1930s #mississippi #USA #vintage #great depression #vintage #marion post wolcott #FSA #african-american #jitterbug #dancing
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