Excerpts from a 1938 book on Popular Ballroom Dances for the Student of Social Dancing by Thomas E. Parson.

Excerpts from a 1938 book on Popular Ballroom Dances for the Student of Social Dancing by Thomas E. Parson.

Thomas E. Parson’s 1938 book on a selection of ballroom dances demonstrates the influence of “radical changes in the trend of not only the eccentric, or trick dancing, but the conservative styles as well.”

Citation Information: Parson, Thomas E., excerpts from “Popular ballroom dances,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/8f38f893b4dd79d2fd6a8d464dbf03ac.

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Item 9 of 10 in the Primary Source Set Jitterbugs, Swing Kids, and Lindy Hoppers