Broadway whirl girl -- Betty Williams – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Broadway whirl girl -- Betty Williams. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Broadway whirl girl -- Betty Williams
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Little is recorded about the woman named Betty Williams here, and the title "Broadway whirl girl" comes from unverified caption data supplied by the Bain News Service. The phrase points to New York's theater district, where chorus dancers in revues drew steady press attention in the early 1900s. Bain's agency supplied newspapers with pictures of performers and news events, and its glass negatives now form one of the richest visual records of that period. Treat the identification as a lead for further research rather than settled fact.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 6,410 × 8,894 px · prints to 21 × 30 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33906 |
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