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Kiyomitsu Torii - Ichimura kamezo no kyo no jirō

Print shows the actor Ichimura Kamezo performing a fan dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part o... More

Vernon Duke Collection, 1918-1968

Essence of Old Virginia Wheat Whiskey, A.M. Bininger & Co. / Sarony, M...

Whiskey advertising label showing African Americans in tavern dancing. Copyright by Rufus Watles & L.C. Sanger.

Carroll & Queen's double cloc dance / J. H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Two men performing dance. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hurdy-Gurdy House, Virginia, Montana

Men and women dancing in crowded dance hall/saloon. Illus. in: Richardson, Beyond the Mississippi, 1867 File prints may be available in: LOT 4390F and 4392J. Rights status not evaluated. For general information... More

The country dance - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Ballerina in white costume with flowers in dance pose]

V35184 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyrighted 1890 by the Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." No. 2. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The delayed dance at Hay Corners / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows a gathering of people in a barn for a Christmas dance party; the fiddler arrives late, a bit intoxicated, after playing at "two dances already!" Caption: Jabe Gormley I got 'im; I got 'im; - but h... More

Philadelphia Sunday press - American Art Poster

Poster shows a man dressed as a clown and a woman dancing behind him. Artist not identified. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41 1896 Gift; J.H. Corni... More

Young America to the rescue / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows young women and men dancing at a summer resort. Caption: Hops as they now are at our fashionable summer resorts. Illus. from Puck, v. 42, no. 1067, (1897 August 18), centerfold. Copyright 1897 by K... More

The Ko-ya-ma-shi make merry after the dancing of the Shalako / Ben Wit...

Spectators watch dancers in plaza of pueblo. 3137-8 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ben Wittick. No. 642.

Puck magazine cover - The Russian-French alliance / Keppler.

Print shows the Russian Bear playing a fiddle labeled "Politics", around it's waist is a belt with papers labeled "French Military Secrets" tucked behind, and a cord extending from it's right wrist is connected... More

Hoyt's A day and a night in New York

Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co, Cin'ti. & New York." Hoyt & McKee, proprietors. N.Y. no. 8007. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[School children learning a dance in a school yard, Washington, D.C.]

No. 344. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Poster - The real Widow Brown - Public domain lithograph

37103 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: The mask ball. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." Direction of A.Q. Scammon. No. 3906. Forms part of: Theatrical p... More

Old woman's dance, Bethlehem Mission School, Palestine

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 11040. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arabs; Weavers; Women Empl.; Wheat; Dance; Palestine; Ph. Ind.

Van Cortlandt Park, dancers doing Russian Dance, New York

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Wyndygoul Council & War Dance, E. Thompson Seton / E. Thompson Seton

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Bebe Daniels, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Phyllis Virginia Daniels (1901-1971), known professionally as Bebe Daniels, an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data prov... More

"Hurrah! The country is saved again!" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam and Columbia dancing in a line with figures representing "Cuba, Porto Rico, Labor, Capital, Farmer, Philippines, [and] Hawaii" at the entrance to the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, vi... More

The Minuet - A group of children standing around a piano

Photograph shows portrait of two children dancing while another watches; a woman plays piano.

Inaugural ball, March 4th, 1901 - engaged for another dance / Keppler.

Illustration shows President McKinley and Columbia, arm-in-arm, heading for the inaugural ball.

The "meke" or national dance, a part of all great Fiji ceremonies, Fij...

Stereograph shows participants in the ceremonial "meke" mens club dance, carrying large mace-like clubs. H74597 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8099. U-86620. Copyright, 1906, by Underwood & Underwood.

Carmencita - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title and date from Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Videodisc image laterally reversed. Photograph of a painting signed "William M. Chase" at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 029954.... More

[Molasso and Corio, dance team in apache-type costume and pose]

Copyright by Moffett Studio, Chicago. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Vernon Castle, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows ballroom dancer Irene (Foote) Castle (1893-1969) who taught and danced with her husband, Vernon Castle (1887-1918). Mrs. Castle is holding her French Guinea monkey, Rastus. (Source: Flickr Com... More

Chalif - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Louis Harvy Chalif (1876-1948), Russian ballet dancer and dance instructor. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

[unidentified fire place -- Rasch Studio]

Photograph shows a fireplace in the dance studio of choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967), which was located in the Chatworth Apartments, 344 West 72nd Street, New York City. (Source: Flickr Comm... More

[unidentified entrance to bldg. -- Rasch Studio]

Photograph shows the entrance to the Chatworth Apartments, 344 West 72nd Street, New York City which was the location of the dance studio of choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967). (Source: Flickr... More

Ballet: Anna Duncan dancing, lantern slide

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From summer boarders - harvest number / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a group of country people dancing around a large corn shock topped with money paid by tourists from the city boarding in country inns. Illus. in: Puck, v. 70, no. 1801 (1911 September 6), co... More

[Vernon and Irene Castle, full-length portrait, posed, dancing]

J188000 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Moffett, Chicago. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lady C. Stewart Richardson - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows dancer Lady Constance Steward Richardson, who came to New York in June, 1913 to perform at Hammerstein's Rooftop Garden. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Edward S. Curtis - Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

Several Kwakiutl people dancing in a circle around a smoking fire, in an effort to cause a sky creature, which they believe swallowed the moon, to sneeze thereby disgorging it. J197457 U.S. Copyright Office. Ti... More

[The dance of the Children of the Sunshine. [#4140: Miss Mackay's Page...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The dance of the Children of the Sunshine. #4140: Miss Mackay's Pagean...

In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4140. Hine no. 4143. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More

Rock & White, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows William "Billy" Rock (1872-1922), a dancer and singer and actress and singer Frances White (1896-1969) in a dressing room. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the... More

Genthe collection - Bessie Ricardo dancing

Title devised. Credit line: Genthe photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Genthe photograph collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/l... More

Genthe collection - Desha dancing

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: photocopy of photograph from magazine with identifying caption

Ballet: Margaret Severn dancing

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Genthe collection - Margaret Severn dancing

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: LC-G401-3299-B-026 (vd# 7310)

Miller, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Marilyn Miller (Mary Ellen Reynolds) (1898-1936) who was a Broadway actress, singer and dancer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the n... More

The casino at Sinaia where one may dance, gamble or see old American m...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including the Sinaia Casino and a woman walking down a street. no. 1313: no. 1316: Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1313 (top image) and no. 1316 (b... More

White deerskin dance costume--Hupa, portrait of american indian man

Hupa Indian, half-length, standing, facing left, in ceremonial costume. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marg't. Zolnay, 101223 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. LC-F8-26908. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Ph... More

Miss Margaret Zolnay, 6/18/25 - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a tutu. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Madam Lubouska, National American Ballet, 6/30/25

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[Dancers] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Children. Colored children in May pole dance IV

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children. Colored children in May pole dance VI

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morton Gould Collection

Schools. Masters School, maypole dance

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Admiral's daughter. Lt. J.R.B. Longden meets Miss Margaret Best, d...

A black and white photo of two men and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of p...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Enka Square Dance Team dancing at the Mountain Music Festival, Ashevi...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during the Asheville Mountain Music Festival. Handwritten on back: "Enka Square Dance Team." Forms part of:... More

This Modern Dance - Martha Graham Collection

Photograph of Ruth St. Denis dancing school, with Martha Graham. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.o... More

[Fiddling Bill Hensley, dancing in foreground at the Mountain Music Fe...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during the Asheville Mountain Music Festival. Handwritten on back: "Asheville, N.C."; "Fiddling Bill Hensle... More

[Pidgeon River Square Dance Team dancing at the Mountain Music Festiva...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during the Asheville Mountain Music Festival. Typed on back: "Pidgeon River Square Dance team, Asheville Mo... More

Federal Theatre Project presents "Festival of American dance" featurin...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of a "Festival of American Dance" featuring "An American Exodus" showing a man and a woman dancing.

[ Every soul is a circus, No. 1]

photographer unknown (General) Reproduced with permission of Katherine Duke. (Copyright Notice)

Miners and farmers in Oke-Doke dance hall. Williamson County, Illinois

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The band at square dance in rural section of hills near McAlester, Pit...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Patrick's Day spirit at Capitol. Washington, D.C., March 17. Sons ...

A black and white photo of men playing instruments, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

Sitting one out at a Saturday night square dance in Clayville, Rhode I...

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Martha Graham Collection,1896-2003

Mrs. Tucker, wife of the town police chief, preparing hot dogs and cof...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Saturday night square dance run by Mr. and Mrs. Tucker in Clayville,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

At the square dance. Pie Town, New Mexico

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4:30 a.m. and three jiggers do their stuff. Square dance, Pie Town, Ne...

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Musicians at the square dance. Pie Town, New Mexico

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people on a boardwalk. Great Depression Era...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dancers at large dance hall in San Diego, California

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Friday night dance at the Democratic Club. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Somewhere in Central Africa. White man ju-ju be strong ju-ju, quoth th...

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing development. Jitterbugs at the co...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers...

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New York, New York. New Year's Eve in Marconi's Restaurant on Mulberry...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. USO (United Services Organizat...

Public domain photograph of a group of people, audience, meeting, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hollywood, California. Sign and ticket window of a large dance palace

Public domain image of palace, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Company dance given in Moose Hall by employee...

Public domain photograph of jazz music, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meeker County, Minnesota. Music supplied by two Meeker County farmers ...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jesse Younger playing the saxophone in small band for a Saturday night...

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Company dance given in Moose Hall by employee...

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Washington, D.C. Jitterbugs at an Elk's Club dance, the "cleanest danc...

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New York, New York. Dance floor scene at the Hurricane Ballroom

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodmere Academy, Woodmere, Long Island. Prisoners base

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A black and white photo of a group of girls in a gym. Office of War In...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Buffalo, New York. Swingshift dance held weekly at the Main-Utica ball...

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Washington, D.C. With "Victory through good health" as a slogan, Negro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Penasco, New Mexico. A dance - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo, New York. Soda bar at the swingshift dance held weekly at the...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moslem [i.e., Muslim] celebrations at Mejdal (Wady Nemill and Sey'd Hu...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Helena Rubinstein, 655 5th Ave., New York City. Gym class I

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Fancy Dance Judging, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

To the right in the photograph is David Blackbird, who was the whipman. 1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska.

Fancy Dance Judging - A group of people dressed in native american cos...

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Dance Honoring John Turner, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

From left to right behind unidentified girl are Dennis Turner, Francelia Clark, Maxine White, Ida Steyr, Elmer Blackbird, and Dale Saunsoci. Dancer unidentified. 1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska.

Judging Fancy Dancers' Regalia, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska. Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dancers Leave Arena for Supper, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska. Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description