[Miss Vivian Marinelli giving lesson in dancing the Charleston to basketball players of Washington, D.C.'s Palace Club: Jones, Conway, Grody, Saunders, Kearns, Glascoe, and Manager Kennedy] – Historic Print
![[Miss Vivian Marinelli giving lesson in dancing the Charleston to basketball players of Washington, D.C.'s Palace Club: Jones, Conway, Grody, Saunders, Kearns, Glascoe, and Manager Kennedy], 1926 Feb. 15. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4cf609ae5ab2-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [Miss Vivian Marinelli giving lesson in dancing the Charleston to basketball players of Washington, D.C.'s Palace Club: Jones, Conway, Grody, Saunders, Kearns, Glascoe, and Manager Kennedy], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Miss Vivian Marinelli giving lesson in dancing the Charleston to basketball players of Washington, D.C.'s Palace Club: Jones, Conway, Grody, Saunders, Kearns, Glascoe, and Manager Kennedy]
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A dance instructor, Miss Vivian Marinelli, is shown teaching the Charleston to basketball players from the Palace Club in Washington, D.C., on February 15, 1926. The Charleston had swept American dance floors only a few years earlier, spread by Broadway revues and the jazz age's taste for fast, loose-limbed steps, so seeing it taught to athletes rather than professional dancers makes the scene unusual. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded city life and public events from the 1910s through the 1930s.
| Created / published | 1926 Feb. 15. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection. No. 39323. |
| Subjects | Women--Social life--1920-1930. Dance--1920-1930. Basketball players--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,024 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168900 |
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