The dancing marathon – Historic Print
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(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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The dancing marathon
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Published in the May 19, 1923 issue of *Judge*, this print collects sketches by cartoonist Johan Bull that poke fun at dance marathons, the endurance contests in which couples shuffled around a floor for hours or days in hopes of winning prize money. Such marathons drew large crowds in the early 1920s, and humor magazines like *Judge* seized on their exhaustion, staged romances, and carnival atmosphere. The drawings are worth a closer look for the way they capture the strained smiles and sagging posture of contestants who were pushed to their limits for the entertainment of spectators.
| Created / published | [1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | Sketches by Johan Bull. Illus. in: Judge, v. 84, (1923 May 19), p. 14. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cartoons, U.S.; Dance marathons; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,151 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117458 |
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