Gelatin silver print of a couple dancing in front of a crowd

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white photograph of a young couple dancing at Madison Square Garden. The couple is pictured in the center of the image on a wooden dancefloor, with a crowd of onlookers behind them. On the left is a boy, dressed in an oversized dark colored suit and two-toned oxford shoes. His knees are bent and he is bent forward slightly at the waist. His proper right arm is bent at the elbow, with his hand dropped at the wrist. His proper left hand is outstretched and graps the oustretched hand of the girl on the right. She wears a white dress, loafers and socks. Her proper left leg is bent slightly at the knee, with her proper left hand resting on top of her thigh. Her proper right leg is outstretched behind her with her toe pointed on the dancefloor.

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