Ed Durlacher - World's Fair, 1940
(August 1940)
The description on this publiicity photo from the 1940 New York World's Fair reads:
FAIR STAGES WORLD'S BIGGEST BARN DANCE
More than 700 square dancers, hill billy bands and square dance orchestras stampeded into the Fair grounds today to take part in the "World's Biggest Barn Dance" in the Court of Peace. Farmers came with their wives and families dressed in costumed ranging from the gay '90's to hilarious burlesques of vaudeville days of a decade ago. There were 84 square dance sets (8 dancers to a set), 22 hill billy bands and 16 callers, all of world champion calibre. Photo shows: Edward Durlacher, chamption caller of North Belmore, Long Island.
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Tags: Ed Durlacher, World's Fair
Tags: Ed Durlacher, World's Fair
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“Ed Durlacher - World's Fair, 1940,” Square Dance History Project, accessed April 26, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/2094.
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Ed Durlacher - World's Fair, 1940
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Description
The description on this publiicity photo from the 1940 New York World's Fair reads:
FAIR STAGES WORLD'S BIGGEST BARN DANCE
More than 700 square dancers, hill billy bands and square dance orchestras stampeded into the Fair grounds today to take part in the "World's Biggest Barn Dance" in the Court of Peace. Farmers came with their wives and families dressed in costumed ranging from the gay '90's to hilarious burlesques of vaudeville days of a decade ago. There were 84 square dance sets (8 dancers to a set), 22 hill billy bands and 16 callers, all of world champion calibre. Photo shows: Edward Durlacher, chamption caller of North Belmore, Long Island.
FAIR STAGES WORLD'S BIGGEST BARN DANCE
More than 700 square dancers, hill billy bands and square dance orchestras stampeded into the Fair grounds today to take part in the "World's Biggest Barn Dance" in the Court of Peace. Farmers came with their wives and families dressed in costumed ranging from the gay '90's to hilarious burlesques of vaudeville days of a decade ago. There were 84 square dance sets (8 dancers to a set), 22 hill billy bands and 16 callers, all of world champion calibre. Photo shows: Edward Durlacher, chamption caller of North Belmore, Long Island.
Date Created
August 1940