I’d say that the majority of the cards and photographs in the collection feature two or more dancers but obviously there are plenty of solo dancers.
Because the collection is of “vintage” dancers, most photographs are black and white. Above is one of the rarer colour photos and the subject is identified as “Mrs Shirley Eckloff of Arcadia, California.” From the vibrancy of the colours I think it likely this dates from the 1980s (there are others from the same source.)
This wonderful image features on the homepage of the blog. You can legitimately ask whether she’s a dancer or just posing.
This flamenco dancer is from the same source as the colour photo above.
I have a number of photos of Eva Leary who seems to have appeared in several 1930s dance productions.
It’s back to expressionistic dancing again with this girl.
There are thousands of photos of amateur ballerinas out there. I’ll post separately on professional ballerinas.
And this is my favourite “vintage dancing girl.” She looks so joyful in contrast to the more usual sombre poses.
