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Title
D66245-49
Date(s)
- 1952-04-19 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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The yellow pages of the Tacoma phonebook for 1952 listed ten dance schools. In the 1950s dance was big.The two young dancers in this photograph, dressed in Latin American-type costumes and wearing tap shoes, were students at the Helen Martin Denn Studio of Dance. Helen Denn's studio was at 1151 1/2 Broadway. Students could join a class or take private instruction in tap, ballet, or ballroom dancing. (All images in dance series, except this, were lost to diacetate film deterioration)
Dancers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children dancing--Tacoma--1950-1960; Costumes; Helen Martin Denn School of Dance (Tacoma);