Gelatin silver print of a couple dancing in front of a crowd
date: label: Date
content: 1941
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a young couple dancing at Madison Square Garden.
label: Description
content: The couple is pictured in the center of the image on a wooden dancefloor, with a crowd of onlookers behind them. On the left is a boy, dressed in an oversized dark colored suit and two-toned oxford shoes. His knees are bent and he is bent forward slightly at the waist. His proper right arm is bent at the elbow, with his hand dropped at the wrist. His proper left hand is outstretched and graps the oustretched hand of the girl on the right. She wears a white dress, loafers and socks. Her proper left leg is bent slightly at the knee, with her proper left hand resting on top of her thigh. Her proper right leg is outstretched behind her with her toe pointed on the dancefloor. She is bent slightly at the waist and looking towards the boy with her mouth open wide.
label: Description
content: On the verso is the handwritten inscription in graphite: [MADISON SQ. GARDEN / 1941].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Youth
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.38.31
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)