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It proved so popular, in 1923, the open-air pavilion was enlarged and a new 10-cents-a-dance policy was implemented. The ballroom was supposedly named after the Oh Henry candy bar, manufactured in Chicago by the Williamson Candy Company, who paid Verderbar for the naming rights. [1] In 1930, the pavilion was destroyed in a devastating fire.
The Moondance Diner in May 2007, only the edge of the revolving crescent moon is shown. The Moondance Diner was a diner in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.. Frequently shown or alluded to in film and television productions, it operated from 1933 to 2012 at 88 Sixth Avenue, between Grand Street and Canal Stre
Pages in category "1930s photographs" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Ragtime and jazz dance were both iconic dances of the 20th century. Both of them contained syncopated rhythms and dance steps that were very different from the polite and proper dance steps from centuries before. The new technology that came with the century made way for new ways of thinking, which in turn brought new music and exciting new dances.
Fans line up outside the Trocadero for a concert by Louis Jordan (1944). Cafe Trocadero was an upscale nightclub that opened on the Sunset Strip in 1934 and immediately became the place where Hollywood stars went to be seen.
The Hoofers Club was a legendary site of some of the best of jazz and tap performers, particularly in the 1920s and 1930s. It was located on Harlem's "Swing Street," the stretch of 133rd Street between Lenox and Seventh Avenues known for its music and dance venues. The Hoofers Club was actually a small room in the back of a comedy club. [2]
George "Shorty" Snowden (July 4, 1904 – May 1982) was an African American dancer in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. He and his partner Mattie Purnell invented the Harlem Lindy Hop in the dance marathon at Harlem's Rockland Palace between June and July 1928.