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Som professionals del ball, especialitzats en lindy hop i balls de swing. Bojos pel jazz tradicional i la seva història, hem creat aquesta pàgina per a compartir fotografies antigues sobre l'estil de vida en l'era del swing.

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Blow man, blow! Músics al voltant del Roy Eldridge tocant la trompeta al backstage del Stanley Theatre. Juliol de 1941.

(via Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story | Mail Online)

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Harlem: Inspired crowd in Savoy Ballroom during Jitterbug days

ca. 1940 in Manhattan, New York

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(via Duke Ellington Pictures (5 of 11))

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(via Trumpet Man Louis Armstrong Photocave Private Collection by National Archive at Barewalls.com)

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Flappers Dancing the Charleston atop the Sherman Hotel, Chicago, December 11, 1926

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Probably the most daring, not to mention dangerous, way to dance the Charleston. Very impressive!

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Love it. Those ladies are ballsy ladies. 

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(via La vita è bella! - Студентки!)

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Grup de dones aprenent el charleston. Foto de la Topical Press Agency/Getty Images.

Març de 1935

(via La vita è bella! - Студентки!)

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(via From The Charleston to Gangnam Style Here Are Some of the Most Popular Dance Crazes [VIDEOS])

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Cab Calloway

(via Vintage Swing Movement)

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via World of Swing

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1940

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Mae Murray in “Circe, the Enchantress” (1924).