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| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | George Walker, Adah Overton Walker, and Bert Williams link arms and dance the cakewalk in the first Broadway musical to be written and performed by African... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Dancers in elaborate costumes and huge headdresses perform onstage in "Glorifying the American Girl," a 1929 Paramount musical. The heads of some pit music... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of a ballroom dance scene in the film "Congress Dances". |
| Date: | 06 1922 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Irene Castle and her husband, Robert Treman, leaving London for Paris via the aerial route on Mrs. Castle's latest trip abroad." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Mae Murray, who just recently completed 'Circe,' as she looked when she appeared on the stage. Miss Murray started her career as a dance... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Mazie Trumbull, famous as a cross-dresser and dancer, and her sister Frances, side by side in a White Studio photograph. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Irene Castle in a complicated satin and tulle costume in her role as the cabaret dancer Palma May in the silent film "French Heels" (Holtre 1922). |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Actress Bessie Barriscale as Anna Gerard, the Parisian singer at the Black Rat night club in "A Trick of Fate" (Exhibitors Mutual, 1919). |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Here's the real boss of the Santley Family. Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer, stars of the 'Music Box Revue', may have to obey the orders ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Fred Stone, America's Foremost Comedian and his happy family photographed recently on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Left to Right: Car... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The theatrical Stone family at Chin Chin Ranch. From left to right: Allene Crater (Mrs. Fred Stone), Fred Stone, Dorothy Stone, Carol Stone, and Paula Ston... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Scene still of an enormous, elaborate winter set populated by scores of dancers designed by Joseph Urban for "The Young Diana." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The Indian princess Janira (played by Japanese actress Tsuru Aoki) is seated on a raised platform on the left. In front of her are four dancing girls and a... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | In this dramatically lit publicity still for the silent drama "Look Your Best," Antonio Moreno wears what appears to be a cupid costume with feathered head... |
| Date: | 02 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Karl Dane, wearing the U.S. Army sergeant's costume for the 1927 film "Rookies," shows how he towers over four chorus girls in an MGM publicity still. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Argentine film poster. Large, illustrated image of a man's head floating at the top with other smaller figures surrounding him. A band is playing on the le... |
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