Title supplied by cataloger. A taxi dancer is a professional dance partner, typically young women, hired by male patrons to dance with them on a dance-by-dance basis. The dancer's pay is proportional to the time she spends with the patron. Photograph shows a bevy of beauties, identified as "Taxi Dancers" from Morrie's Ballroom, waiting to be asked to dance. Photograph dated February 2, 1979.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 32 cm. Photographic prints
Taxi dancers--California--Los Angeles Ballrooms--California--Los Angeles Dancers--California--Los Angeles Dance--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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