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Jitterbugs, Swing Kids, and Lindy Hoppers
A 1938 photograph of a performance depicting the origins of modern jitterbug dancing and its relationship with African tribal dances.

A 1938 photograph of a performance depicting the origins of modern jitterbug dancing and its relationship with African tribal dances.

Citation Information
“History of jitterbug dancing,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/f0e8cf2a06c93a9cc1e9d62205a0ea8a.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library via California Digital Library.

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Item 3 of 10 in the Primary Source Set Jitterbugs, Swing Kids, and Lindy Hoppers

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A photograph of crowds gathered to watch jitterbugs at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
A photograph of a 1938 protest at the National Jitterbug Championship.
A 1938 photograph of a performance depicting the origins of modern jitterbug dancing and its relationship with African tribal dances.
A 1942 photograph of a napping swing dancer.
A 1942 photograph of a “swing shift” dance.
A 1939 photograph depicting an African American couple dancing the jitterbug in a juke joint in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
A photograph of the Big Apple Night Club, an African American juke joint housed in an old Jewish synagogue in the 1930s in South Carolina.
A photograph of an African American couple dancing the Lindy in the 1930s at an unidentified club.
Excerpts from a 1938 book on Popular Ballroom Dances for the Student of Social Dancing by Thomas E. Parson.
A 1950s photograph of Brigham Young University students dancing the Lindy.

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