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Katherine Dunham's first ballet teacher, Ludmila Speranzeva

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A 1949 photograph of Katherine Dunham, Doris Duke, and Porfirico Rubirosa in Egypt

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Katherine Dunham in an undated photograph as Woman with a Cigar from Tropics

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Katherine Dunham and her husband, John Pratt in an undated photograph

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A studio photograph of Katherine Dunham in the 1920s

1926. Signed: Sincerely, Katherine (Content) Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis (Copyright Notice)

Katherine Dunham in Spanish Dance, choreographed in 1934

Inscribed, "Hello! To Fred from Katherine, 1937, Chicago. [note on verso: F.G. Allsop c/o HASCO] (Content) Missouri Historical Society, St.Louis (Copyright Notice)

Katherine Dunham and her company in the 1936 work, Fantasie Negre

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Katherine Dunham in the ballet L'Ag'Ya, which premiered in 1938

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Katherine Dunham in Le Jazz Hot, originally presented in 1939

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Katherine Dunham in the 1940 Broadway hit production of Cabin in the Sky, co-choreographed by Dunham and George Balanchine

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Katherine Dunham and company perform in the 1942 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. film, Pardon my Sarong

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Katherine Dunham in Tropical Revue (1943), at New York's Martin Beck Theatre

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Library of Congress (venue) Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katherine Dunham in the 1943 Twentieth Century Fox Picture Stormy Weather

Katherine Dunham in costume for Tropical Revue (1945), at New York's Century Theatre

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Library of Congress (venue) Public domain image of theatrical costume design, theater, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of Katherine Dunham Dancers shown in mid-rehearsal in New York, 1946

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Katherine Dunham in Bal Negre, 1946

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Katherine Dunham in the 1948 Universal International Pictures Co., Inc. film, Casbah

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Katherine Dunham at the Theâtre de Paris in 1948

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Marie-Christine, adopted by Katherine Dunham and her husband John Pratt in 1949

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Katherine Dunham in a 1949 publicity photograph

Rome, 1948 (date) Missouri Historical Society, St.Louis (Copyright Notice) Public domain photograph - 1940s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eleanor St. Ann, Marvel Martin, Lucille Ellis, and Antonio Rodrigues in a c.1950s photograph of Katherine Dunham's Samba

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Katherine Dunham in a c.1950s photograph of Barrelhouse

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Katherine Dunham in a 1952 photograph of Floyd's Guitar Blues

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Katherine Dunham and John Pratt in Hollywood in a 1953 photograph

Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis (Copyright Notice) Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katherine Dunham and Vanoye Aitkens rehearse while on tour in Mexico, 1955

Missouri Historical Society, St.Louis (Copyright Notice) Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katherine Dunham in the dance revue Bambouche!, at New York's 54th Street Theater, ca. 1955

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Library of Congress (venue) Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1910s, 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silvana Mangano and Katherine Dunham in the 1955 Paramount Pictures production of Mambo

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Katherine Dunham and student at Southern Illinois University, c.1960s

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Katherine Dunham in a 1960s publicity photograph

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A c.1970s photograph of Dunham and visitor to the Katherine Dunham Museum

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A 1972 photograph of Mor Thiam, master percussionist from Senegal, Katherine Dunham, and Mor Thiam's wife, Kiné

Missouri Historical Society, St.Louis (Copyright Notice) Missouri Historical Society: NS 24549 (issue number)

The Maurice Joyce House in East St. Louis, Illinois, purchased in 1976 by Katherine Dunham to be adapted into a museum

Missouri Historical Society, St.Louis (Copyright Notice) Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Ronald Reagan congratulates Katherine Dunham on her 1983 Kennedy Center Honors Award

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Katherine Dunham in Veracruzana

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Katherine Dunham in Tango - Public domain portrait photograph

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Katherine Dunham in an undated photograph in Choros

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