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Description
12 images. Ballet tryouts for Greek Theater, 07 July 1955. Martha Martin - 9 years Nancy Robinson - 9 years Sally Mason - 10 years Judy Bogart - 10 years Yvonne Gorosin - 9 years Lynn Fields Tamara Durnall - 12 years Cheryl Holdridge - 11 years Roxanne Spiro Vida Brown Margaret Fox Cynthia Gregory - 9 years. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Brunk. Date: 1955-07-07. Reporter: Adler. Assignment: Ballet tryout Greek theater. 1/2 Tamara Durnall, 12, fixing her black nit stocking while L to R Cheryl Holdridge, 11, and Roxanne Spiro, 9, wait for their tryouts. 3/4: Vida Brown, ballet mistress, leads some 100 girls in arabesque en boite step. 5/6: Ballet Mistress Vida Brown, facing, tries out girls, with mothers watching in background. 11/12: L to R Margaret Fox, ballet dresser, assists Cynthia Gregory, 9, into boy's suit with Ballet Mistress Vida Brown helping. Cynthia was one of 15 girls selected. 13/14: Girls in a pirouette during tryouts. 15/16: L to R coming up stairs: Martha Martin, 9, and Nancy Robinson, 9 -- on rail, L to R: Sally Mason, 10, Judy Bogart, 10, Yvonne Gorosin, 9, and Lynn Fields, 10."
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image
Format
12 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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