A small ensemble of fiddlers and guitar players providing live music for an enthusiastic group of men and women square dancing in the large living room of a private home. Photograph by Eric Schaal. Poor Valley, Virginia, USA, December 1941.
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A small ensemble of fiddlers and guitar players providing live music for an enthusiastic group of men and women square dancing in the large living room of a private home. Photograph by Eric Schaal. Poor Valley, Virginia, USA, December 1941.
A young African-American couple dancing like mad in the center of a dance floor at the Savoy Hotel. Photograph by Eric Schaal. Poor Valley, Virginia, USA, December 1941.
Granby Street in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia c.1941. 70 years ago, it looked a bit like ’40s New York City.