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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
GARDEL, Carlos (1890-1935). Argentinian composer and tango singer. Performance of Carlos Gardel. Photography
Shell Fountain / CostumeTunic dress by Paquin: draped tango skirt with front split & train, translucent flared tunic & pearl adorned corsage, toque / turban with feather trim
Sketch by Fish of tango dancing, at the Florida Club, London, 1926 Date: 1926
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
Tango ArgentinoTANGO ARGENTINO
Tango for Two C1912Two stylishly dressed ladies dance the tango stylishly together
An advertisement for tango lessonsAn advertisment for dancing class
Showing her KnickersA 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 TangoA photograph of a couple demonstrating the tango. Date: 8th February 1911
Silhouette of exotic couple dancingSilhouette of an exotic couple dancing, possibly the tango, in Spanish or Latin American style costume
Music cover, The Irish Tango, novelty song, words by J Brandon Walsh, music by Ernest Breuer. 1914
Tango craze: The Girl on the Film, 1913A 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: the Pope assesses the tango, 1913Pope Pius X carefully watches as a couple perform the tango for him, so he can judge if the dance morally acceptable
Dancing the Argentine TangoSilhouette of a couple dancing the Argentine Tango 1908
Dancing after supper at the Savoy Winter GardenDancing after dinner: normality resumed as the the tango craze, described here as a continental novelty peters out, to be replaced by more traditional dances
Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, LondonThe Latest Fashion : " Pour Passer le Temps." Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London (on Shaftesbury Avenue)
Dancing Tango 1919Seriously passionate couples dance the tango
Tango - Knees UpTwo tango against an artificial ballroom background. Date: 1914
Tango Dress TrailingIf 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 CountessSheet music for Tango Dance from The Merry Countess, featuring the Dolly Sisters and Martin Brown, USA, 1912 1912
Two-Step Dance (Rieth)
Dance / Popular / TangoTango Argentino
Comic postcard, Dancing couples - the tango Date: early 20th century
Beach PierrotsWill you Come and Tango at Jersey? Group of people watching a troop of pierrots performing on the beach. Date: 1904
The film star Rudolph Valentino, with Helen D AlgyThe 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
Italian Tango Dancers. Date: circa 1910s
Elegant couple in evening dress dancing the tangoThe artist is well known. She was born in Vienna where this card was drawn and moved to Sweden in the 1930s
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
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, 1925Advert for the dance club, Chez Henri Club, London, 1925 Date: 1925
Tango Room, Club Fortune, Reno, Nevada, USATango Room, Club Fortune, East Second Street, Reno, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1938
WW1 - Comic Postcard - K-Nut in a tuxedoWW1 - Before conscription into the army was introduced, a certain class of young men existed
Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz, well-known dancing teachers Mr & Mrs Caros CruzA portrait of Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz, well-known dancing teachers and exponent of the tango, London, 1923 Date: 1923
Tunic Dress - WolfhoundTango 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 DemonstrationA 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-28Convair 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
Frilly French KnickersA 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 1913Announcement 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-KooDespite 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)
The Four Hundred Club by H. M. BatemanBy Our Untamed Artist: With The Four Hundred. Brought into being by Londons desire for later hours: The Four Hundred Club - some caricatures
The Lotus ClubNew supper clubs in London - The Lotus
Tango apache. Illustration by Marinero for the cover of the entertainment magazine Sparta, Madrid 1933. Engraving
Tango craze: after the cake walk, the tango tea in Paris, 19Fashionable Parisien couples take tea over looking the dance floor, whilst others dance the tango. Date: 1913
Exit tango: satire on the end of a dance craze, 1914Satirical comment from Punch Magazine on the end of the tango craze
Maurice and Florence WaltonTwo dancers who are teaching all of London to tango in 1913, when the craze dominated British dancefloors
An advertisement for Corset Gaines tango corsetAdvertisement for a corset designed for dancing and sportswear. Date: 10th December 1913
Tango teas, Paris 1913Paris, little interested in ragtime dancing, makes the tango fashionable: a new dancing craze in 1913. 1913
Tango tea, London, 1913A Parisian fashion come to London: the tango tea at Princes restaurant, 1913. Date: 1913
Dinner Dress 1913Sprigged print robe by Doucet based on classical drapery: V -neck bodice with fill-in, dolman sleeves, tunic draped from a high waist, trained tango style skirt
A couple dancing a tango. Date: circa 1910s
Tango Dancers. Date: circa 1910s
The Dancers by ValleeAn exotic looking couple dance dramatically while others look on. 1920
Telescopic dress for the tango 1914Skirt extended; and skirt closed, a curious trouser and knickerbocker gown worn by Madge Lessing (1866 - 1932), stage beauty. Date: 1914
in Harry Lamberts Brtish silent film The Power of Faith, LoIris Thornton and Peter Forrest dancing a Spanish Tango in Harry Lamberts British silent film The Power of Faith, London, 1924, which is being made in Vienna Date: 1924
Tango at the Savoy by FishA Spanish lady wearing a tight black bodice and long pink chiffon skirt demonstrates the authentic tango on the dancefloor at the Savoy Hotel. Date: 1926
Music cover, The Song of the Rose (Tango des Roses) by Schreier-Bottero, featured in the film Casablanca. 1940s
Music cover, Louis Armstrong, Takes Two To Tango, words and music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning. 1952
At Dressmakers 1913A dressmaker adjusts the hem of a tango skirt which is worn with a backless, sleeveless tunic & striped sash. A gentleman holds her fur- trimmed mantle. Date: 1913
Tango Pair (Photo)Passionate body-language as this couple perform the tango... Date: 1914
Tango (Koehler)Mela Koehler, as always, dresses her tangoing lady in a magnificent secession outfit, totally eclipsing her soberly dressed partner in his boring old tails... Date: circa 1914
Tango (Usobol)Two cheerful dancers enjoy their tango. Date: circa 1914
Tango (Bianchi)A lady in a tall hat shows no expression as she tangoes with grace and restraint. Date: circa 1914
Restrained Tango DancersA monocled gent and his partner perform the tango in a restrained and respectable manner Date: circa 1914
Tango in NightclubHe kisses her hand while performing the tango in a nightclub setting - ah, those hot-blooded Latins ! Date: circa 1914
Tango (Finetti) 1914You might think that enormous hat of hers would make tangoing awkward, but they seem to be managing alright... Date: 1914
Tango in a Night ClubA couple display gleaming teeth as they perform the tango to the admiring customers at the bar. Date: circa 1914
Tango in BallroomsThis couple have danced out of the ballroom into the conservatory, the better to show off their tango skills. Date: 1914
Fine Tango ClothesThe ladys fine dress and plumed headgear are set off by her partners smart outfit, a welcome change from the ubiquitous evening dress. Date: 1914
A Tango tea dance in Paris Date: 1914
New sensation dance crazes, 1912Examples of dances gaining in popularity in 1912, which, The Tatler, says in bemusement, were, threatening to undermine the decorum of our ballrooms
Miss Ethel Levey in Hullo TangoColour photograph of Ethel Levey (1880-1955), American actress and singer, pictured in one of the costumes she wore in the theatre production, Hullo Tango! in 1914. Date: 1914
Sein Ideal. Illustration by Eduard Th(1866-1950)Sein Ideal. Illustration by Eduard Th (1866-1950) for the magazine Simplicissimus, 1920, showing a couple dancing a tango. Engraving
Poster Spain - Tango fox-trot by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones. London, 1924. Engraving
Marjorie Russell School of Modern Dancing, WW1Advertisement for the Marjorie Russell School of Modern Dancing of Wigmore Street, London, where pupils could learn the fox trot, one step, the 1918 tango, the Boston and the Hesitation
Tango craze: dancing feet, 1913A front cover of The Sketch, showing the entwined legs of two dancers performing a step from the tango." Why worry about home rule and the land question, when you can learn the tango
Tango craze: a tango tangle, 1913" There are 200 steps in the Argentine Tango, and although these have been reduced to 25 for ball room purposes, there remain sufficient to " tie up" the novice completely