Little Ballerinas

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    Doris Patterson's dance class, Washington D.C. circa 1947-1948.Addison Scurlock, photographer.

    Source: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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    DarkVictory19, armed with aesthetics, and 49 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    1. Brown Betty 68 months ago | reply

      cute.

    2. femme_one 68 months ago | reply

      that's adorable!

    3. D to the N to the J 65 months ago | reply

      Aww look at that little one in the front right. What a sweet face!

    4. Digital Xpression Images 59 months ago | reply

      Rare photo!!! It would be interesting to know if any of these young lady's actually became professional ballet dancers.

      Usually, black dancers bodies were considered less than ideal for white aesthetics so it was more probable that they were chorus line dancers or modern dancers. There were a few classical ballet dancers though.

    5. Lil*Miss*Cupcake 56 months ago | reply

      What a gorgeous photo, i had to show it to my daughter, she is 3 and wants to be a ballarina but she thinks all ballarina's are blond : (

    6. Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com 46 months ago | reply

      Vanderzee...right ?

    7. kingclayton88 31 months ago | reply

      They are so beautiful!!! Reminds me of ballet class when I was 8 or so. LOL

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