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Square Dance collection at University of Denver
The archives at the University of Denver (DU) hold a vast collection of square dance material. DU is the repository for two vast archives, those of the Lloyd Shaw Foundation and the personal… View itemStill Image
Huntington's Pavilion, E. Thetford, VT
We often think of the boom years of square dancing taking place starting in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but there is a long history of halls for square dancing before then. This is a series of… View itemStill Image
Al Brundage and Pete Seeger
Today, it's easy to think of Al Brundage and Pete Seeger as inhabiting two different world, Brundage the popular caller of modern square dances and Seeger the singer and banjo player associated with… View itemStill Image
Texas Folk Dance Camp
Announcement cards featuring square dance images, used for Texas Folk Dance Camp, 1949 View itemDocument
Texas Folk Dance Camp - history
This scrapbook documents the early years of the Texas Folk Dance Camp, starting in 1949. Inspired by Jane Farwell's camp at Oglebay Institute in West Virginia, the camp brought together Texas… View itemStill Image
Young African Americans Square Dancing - 1952
This photo shows a square dance at the Hallie Q. Brown Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1952. View itemStill Image
1988 Calgary Olympics - costume
This is a costume worn by dancers at the gala square dance that formed part of the opening ceremony at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. See the related item for video footage of that dance routine… View itemMoving Image
African-American quadrille, 1914 (#2)
This comes from the Prelinger Archives and the footage appears to be from the same reel as another itemin our collection. The first part of the footage shows common quadrille figures: opposite couples… View itemStill Image
Roseanna McCoy - publicity
Roseanna McCoy was a Hollywood movie released in 1949. The film included a square dance scene (click here to view it) during which the heroine dances first with her true love and then with the bad guy… View itemStill Image
Astro-Nauts and Convair Hoedowners
This set of pictures is from two clubs in San Diego, CA whose members were involved with two plants run by General Dynamics Corporation. The timeline is late 1950’s through late 1960’s. This was… View itemMoving Image
African-American quadrille, 1914 (#1)
SIlent movie footage from 1914 showing African-American dancers in square formation. Referring to the couple dance later in the footage, a comment on a YouTube posting of the same clip says, "They are… View itemDocument
New-Fangled Dance Craze Hits Hollywood Bars Hard
Sherman Sanders was an actor who played a square dance caller in Hollywood movies starting in the early 1940s. His credits include Bowery Buckaroos, The Devil And Daniel Webster, Lure Of The… View item
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