Description: Original description reads: "Three dancers from pageant given at U. of D. Stadium." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F05_038_001
Subjects: Pageants; Dancers; University of Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: A large group of Liberian women and children that appear to be dancing outside in front of four (4) grass-roof buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P3_B02F07_F
Subjects: People; Women; Children; Dancers
Places: Liberia (Africa)
 

Description: A photograph of a couple enjoying a dance. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_015_01
Subjects: Dancing; Ball room dancing; Dancers; Recreation; Music and dance; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: 19th century postcard showing several African Americans participating in a "cakewalk" dance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_SC17_B01F17
Subjects: African American men; African American women; Dancers; Correspondence
Places: Brooklyn (New York)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1950-1959, this photograph shows WVKO radio disc jockey James Edward "Eddie" Saunders dancing with a group of teenagers. The girl on the far left is Jenny Brown, and the boy on the far right is Clarence Willis. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00751
Subjects: Dancers; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
 

Description: This photograph of African-American members of the Federal Theatre Project was taken in Cincinnati in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00030
Subjects: Dancers; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The information attached to the reverse of the photo is unclear, but it seems to read: "Children's Home,Dayton,Ohio,April 25,1936 Group of [?] in their costumes made by the WPA Sewing Project at the Children's home, for a performance of folk songs and folk dances to be given first at Brown School, April 28, '36. The costumes represent those of some 16 nationalities." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_009_001
Subjects: Folk dance music; Dancers; Dance--Folk and national dances; ' Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Costumes;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Group from Pageant give at U. of D. Stadium." This is a photograph of a pageant group posing at the University of Dayton stadium in Dayton, Ohio. The University of Dayton was founded in 1850, by the Society of Mary, an Order within the Roman Catholic Church. It is currently the largest private university in the state of Ohio, and has a reputation as one of the best Catholic universities in the nation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_013_1
Subjects: Recreation; Music and dance; Children; University of Dayton; Dance--Performance; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Dancers; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1936 in Cincinnati, Ohio, this photograph shows members of an African-American dance team. The Federal Theater Project was one of five projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. This project was designed to help fund theater productions, live artistic performances and employ actors, writers, and producers. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F08_032_001
Subjects: African American women--Ohio; Dancers; Recreation; Performers; Music and dance; Dance--1930-1950; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of two Dance Brigade co-founders from the Columbus Free Press, ca. 1980-1995. They are identified on the reverse as Ninni Fichter (front) and Krissy Keefer (back). Dance Brigade was founded in 1984 in California's Bay Area as a feminist dance company, and it is still active today. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03746
Subjects: Dancers; Performers; Arts and entertainment; Activism;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a crowd of people gathered on either side of a city street, possibly watching a parade. In the street, dance partners perform in what appears to be 1950s American attire, notably distinct from the crowd's clothing. The image was submitted by photographer George Wing in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. The photographer's city of origin is not listed. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B04F17_02_1
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Parades; Dancers;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of an unknown dancer in tutu, tights and pointe shoes, ca. 1860-1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03501
Subjects: Dancers; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists