Tango Collection

Tango. Watercolor by Marcel Vertes (1895-1961) published in l Illustration on November 26, 1925. Watercolour

Tango, 1912. Dance originating in Argentina that was introduced in Europe after World War I

Sketch by Fish of tango dancing, at the Florida Club, London, 1926 Date: 1926

GARDEL, Carlos (1890-1935). Argentinian composer and tango singer. Performance of Carlos Gardel. Photography

Shell Fountain / Costume
Tunic dress by Paquin: draped tango skirt with front split & train, translucent flared tunic & pearl adorned corsage, toque / turban with feather trim

Tango Argentino
TANGO ARGENTINO

An advertisement for tango lessons
An advertisment for dancing class

Tango for Two C1912
Two stylishly dressed ladies dance the tango stylishly together

Tango - Knees Up
Two tango against an artificial ballroom background. Date: 1914

Showing her Knickers
A young woman lifts her dress to reveal her drawers which have decorative vandyked trim. She also wears a cloche hat, silk stockings and tango heel shoes

The Argentine Tango
A photograph of a couple demonstrating the tango. Date: 8th February 1911

Silhouette of exotic couple dancing
Silhouette of an exotic couple dancing, possibly the tango, in Spanish or Latin American style costume

Tango craze: The Girl on the Film, 1913
A front cover from The Sketch, 1913, showing Mr. George Grossmith(1874 6 June 1935) and Miss Kitty Mason knee to knee at The Gaiety Theatre, for " The Girl on the Film". 1913

Tango craze: British ballroom version imagined, 1913
" The tango untangled, and made suitable for use in British ballrooms." The Bystander imagines a sanitised version of the tango, suitable for dancing in respectable British ballrooms

Dancing the Argentine Tango
Silhouette of a couple dancing the Argentine Tango 1908

Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London
The Latest Fashion : " Pour Passer le Temps." Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London (on Shaftesbury Avenue), where the stalls have been removed and replaced by tables

Dancing Tango 1919
Seriously passionate couples dance the tango

Tango Dress Trailing
If shes not careful, she is going to get her feet caught up in that trailing dress of hers... Date: 1914

The Dolly Sisters in the Merry Countess
Sheet music for Tango Dance from The Merry Countess, featuring the Dolly Sisters and Martin Brown, USA, 1912 1912

Music cover, The Irish Tango, novelty song, words by J Brandon Walsh, music by Ernest Breuer. 1914

Two-Step Dance (Rieth)

Dance / Popular / Tango
Tango Argentino

Italian Tango Dancers. Date: circa 1910s

Elegant couple in evening dress dancing the tango
The artist is well known. She was born in Vienna where this card was drawn and moved to Sweden in the 1930s. The man is dressed in tailored black tie and the lady has a long frilled tube dress

Music cover, Tango Lady, that lovely tango with a lilt, music by A Croome Johnson, words by Peter Maurice. Date: 1931

Tunic dress by Redfern with a draped tango skirt with a train, a jade green fur trimmed tunic & skullcap. A long tassel descends from the back of the dress. Date: 1914

Two gowns worn by actresses at the Poiniere Theatre, Paris, 1925 - the left worn by Mlle Marken is an emerald green crepe edged with silver rose voile

A sketch by Fish showing a couple dancing the tango at the Empress Rooms, London, 1926 Date: 1926

The film star Rudolph Valentino, with Helen D Algy
The film star Rudolph Valentino (previously a famed cabaret dancer in New York), with Helen D Algy in the Paramount film A Sainted Devil doing a tango, 1924 Date: 1924

Strictly Parisian - the American dancers Florenz Tamara (of the dance team Fowler and Tamara), wearing some exclusive creations from Paul Poiret in Paris, 1928 Date: 1928

Advert for Chez Henri Club, London, 1925
Advert for the dance club, Chez Henri Club, London, 1925 Date: 1925

Tango Room, Club Fortune, Reno, Nevada, USA
Tango Room, Club Fortune, East Second Street, Reno, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1938

WW1 - Comic Postcard - K-Nut in a tuxedo
WW1 - Before conscription into the army was introduced, a certain class of young men existed, for whom everything was " too much bally trouble" or " too much fag." They were

Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz, well-known dancing teachers Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz
A portrait of Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz, well-known dancing teachers and exponent of the tango, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Tunic Dress - Wolfhound
Tango skirt draped & ornamented with a large brooch, tasseled train, V- neck corsage & pleated tunic, shoes with cross over ribbons, green wig & feather headdress. Date: 1914

Tango Demonstration
A professional couple, Clayton and Marquis, demonstrate the tango - still an exotic novelty - to supper guests at the Savoy Hotel, London. Date: 1914

Convair JC-131B and North American T-28
Convair JC-131B O-53-7789, (MSN 241), with a single Solar T41 APU in an underwing pylon-mounted pod, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

A stylish finely-dressed German couple dancing the Tango. Date: circa 1914

A couple dancing a tango. Date: circa 1910s

Tango Dancers. Date: circa 1910s

Frilly French Knickers
A young woman lifts her dress to reveal a lace edged pair of camiknickers (French knickers or step-ins )revealing a glimpse of her stocking tops, suspender belt and garter

South America - The tango is no longer fashionable. A musician specialising in the music of the tango returns home from Europe once the craze for this particular style has passed... Date: circa 1916

Advert for Mandel Brothers department store 1913
Announcement for the opening of the new spring collection at Chicagos Mandel Brothers department store. Advert showing some well dressed women and a men being welcomed by a Sikh boy. Date: 1913

Dancing the Hitchy-Koo
Despite being performed by Mistinguett, this nouvelle danse sensationelle failed to take its place with the valse and the tango... Date: 1913

Advert for Neet hair removing cream (1927) featuring the a story relating to dance called The Tangette - a cross between the Argentine Tango and the French Gavotte requiring the utmost of grace

The Lotus Club
New supper clubs in London - The Lotus. Series of photographs specially taken for The Sketch shows scenes at the Lotus club

Tango apache. Illustration by Marinero for the cover of the entertainment magazine Sparta, Madrid 1933. Engraving

Exit tango: satire on the end of a dance craze, 1914
Satirical comment from Punch Magazine on the end of the tango craze. A couple dance off, while a some what more conservatively dressed spirit of dancing gladly wakes up from the "

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