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Title: Jitterbug craze
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
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Description: Among the things that made the tempestuous thirties more pleasant for many people was the jitterbug craze. It originated new dances, mixed old steps and gave the nation an entirely new slang vocabulary. In this photo, dancers stop to watch as a young woman dancer is lifted into the air as part of a dance routine. Photo dated: November 19, 1938.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00039781
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 8022 Jitterbug.
CARL0000043431
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15560
Subject: Dancers--California--Los Angeles
Swing (Music)--California--Los Angeles
Jitterbug (Dance)--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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