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Title
History of jitterbug dancing
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photo caption reads: "The history of Jitterbug dancing will be a feature of the ball. Scene shows how the modern Jitterbug dance derived, in many respects from war dances of the African people." Photo dated: December 3, 1938.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039759
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 8022 Jitterbug.
CARL0000043412
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15363
Subject
Dancers--California--Los Angeles
Swing (Music)--California--Los Angeles
Jitterbug (Dance)--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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