I am indebted to Thomas Keenes for drawing my attention to this striking image. Thomas with Simon Haddock – both London-based – run a well-respected tango discussion forum on Facebook, “The Tango Social Revolutiion“. It is a business card for a woman teacher of “Bailes Modernos de Salón” which includes
Ray Batchelor writes: “At the source for this mage I found this: Γύρω στο 1918 πρόβα Σερραίων στα ταγκό της εποχής. Titre alternatif People fro Serres practicing tango Histoire Γύρω στο 1918 πρόβα Σερραίων στα ταγκό της εποχής. Τοποθεσία «Κιόσκια» ή κατ’ άλλους, Μπέη Μπαξέ. Προσφορά Φοίβου Τουντζή.Το υλικό αυτό
Ray Batchelor writes: “Since this was originally posted, I have found another, shorter, 55 second clip on the Pathé Archive website http://www.britishpathe.com/video/jacks-the-dasant/query/sailors+dancing showing the same scene of dancing, the right way around and with a date – 1922 – and a title sequence which identifies the scene as follows: “Titles
Ray Batchelor writes, “From US Library of Congress: Tango, Long Beach (LOC), [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Ray Batchelor writes: I find this interesting because it shows a woman fighting for her political rights in 1913, at the height of “Tangomania” having her actions subverted by the policeman who, by turning his arrest of her into a tango, thinks it is all a joke and undermines her
Gonzalo Collazo writes: ” ” What do you belive the copyright status of this image to be? Gonzalo Collazo believes: “The image is out of copyright.” The image url: http://mobilesamurai41.blog.so-net.ne.jp/archive/20140420
Gonzalo Collazo writes: ” ” What do you belive the copyright status of this image to be? Gonzalo Collazo believes: “The image is out of copyright.” The image url: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F248783-dancing-sailors-dancing-with-themselves-on-board-ships%2F
Gonzalo Collazo writes: “There are many sources for this picture. ” What do you belive the copyright status of this image to be? Gonzalo Collazo believes: “The image is out of copyright.” The image url: https://juan314.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/tango-en-el-east-end-londres-tango-in-the-east-end-london-by-thurston-hopkins-1954/
Gonzalo Collazo Fabbri writes: “Во Франции офицеры танцуют первое официально разрешенное танго. Этим Франция отличается от Германии, где император запретил офицером танцевать танго. Франция, 1914.е [Ray Batchelor writes: which is Russian which, 27 March 2020, Google Translate renders as] “In France, officers dance the first officially permitted tango. This distinguishes