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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the motion picture, "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" (RKO, 1939). Although Astaire and Rogers were ideally cast to... |
| Date: | 07 05 1934 |
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| Description: | Walkathon dance contestants, Fred Thiede of Middleton, and Clara Peterson of Chippewa Falls, striking a dance pose in front of the bandstand. |
| Date: | 10 13 1933 |
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| Description: | Couples dance to a small band at a matinee dance in the Madison East High School gymnasium. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance, dances a slow foxtrot known as the "Flicker" with his partner, Lucille Stoddart. |
| Date: | 11 21 1952 |
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| Description: | John Curtis asks Patty Parsons to dance with him at a Shorewood School dancing class. |
| Date: | 11 21 1952 |
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| Description: | Kathy Maloney and Bobby Brown trying out dance steps at a Shorewood School dance class. |
| Date: | 10 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Leona Sonderegger combs the hair of her son, John Sonderegger, prior to a Shorewood School dancing class. |
| Date: | 10 21 1952 |
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| Description: | Jack G. Jefferds teaches basic dance steps to Marion Amlie and David Johnson at a Shorewood School dancing class. |
| Date: | 10 21 1952 |
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| Description: | Couples on the dance floor at a Shorewood School dancing class. |
| Date: | 11 21 1952 |
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| Description: | A boy asks a girl for a dance at a Shorewood School dancing class. |
| Date: | 11 21 1952 |
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| Description: | A boy and girl demonstrate dancing technique at a Shorewood School dancing class. |
| Date: | 12 17 1947 |
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| Description: | Agnes Dooley, John Fahning, Joe Ann Higgins, Ben Prochaska, Mildred Leach, and Tom Maloney in formal dress standing next to a reindeer and Santa Claus deco... |
| Date: | 02 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Junior Prom held at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The prom was the first one to be held at t... |
| Date: | 01 30 1950 |
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| Description: | Nancy Phillips and Bert Tinker jitterbug at the anniversary dance at the Loft Community Center, 16 East Doty Street. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | "The Tango of Today." Vernon and Irene Castle demonstrate a modern hands-free tango. A reproduction of this photograph was used in their 1914 book Moder... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of the celebrated dancing partners Vernon and Irene Castle dancing cheek to cheek. Irene wears a gauzy dress decorated with butterflie... |
| Date: | 07 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Among the committee members of the Rainbow Girls and DeMolay Clubs making plans for a summer dance to be held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Masonic temple... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of seven members of Shriners youth groups in formal dress; the boys were in the De Molay club and the girls were in the Rainbow Girls club. Some ... |
| Date: | 01 25 1958 |
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| Description: | High school students from Shorewood Hills sponsor a dancing party for all Madison teenagers. From left to right: Barbara Berger, decorations co-chair, Caro... |
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