The Lindy Hop

Gjon Mili1943-07

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Professional dancers Willa Mae Ricker & Leon James show off the Lindy Hop which evolved in 1927 after Lindbergh's flight when improvisational dancers in Harlem's Savoy Ballroom caused an observer to exclaim "It looks like their doin' the "Lindy Hop."

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Title: The Lindy Hop
Date: 1943-07
Location: New York, NY, US
Physical Dimensions: B/W TRANSMISSION
Subject Keywords: Archival Vault, Special Collections, Dancing, Leon Ames, Dancers, American, Willa Mae Ricker, Best Of Life, 1940s
Publisher: TimeLife
Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
Provider: LIFE
Photographer: Gjon Mili
Original ID: TimeLife_image_813164
Credits: LIFE
Copyright: © Time Inc.

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