Tap shoes worn by Ann Miller
date: label: Date made
content: 1939
name: label: user
content: Miller, Ann
notes: label: Description
content: Ann Miller (1923–2004), among the finest tap dancers in the history of the American musical, appeared in such classic films as <I>Easter Parade</I> (1948), <I>On the Town</I> (1949), and <I>Kiss Me, Kate</I> (1953). Miller wore these gold–painted high–heeled tap dancing shoes numerous times over the course of several decades, beginning with her Broadway debut in <I>George White's Scandals of 1939</I> and concluding with her 1984 stage triumph, <i>Sugar Babies</i>. The shoes are fitted on the heels with steel "jingle" taps, which make for a greater profusion of percussive sounds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Musical Theater
label: used
content: Motion Pictures
label: used
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Dancers
label: general subject association
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ann Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.1012.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.1012
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1012.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, pair of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (bottom material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (taps material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 4 in; 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm