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Dancing girls from "Gingham Girl" production, Egg Harbor City, NJ. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3S183MX
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TitleDancing girls from "Gingham Girl" production, Egg Harbor City, NJ
NameCompton, Elmira (depicted), Sasdilli, Erna Shellhorn (depicted), Wills, Lily (depicted), Boysen, Dorothy (depicted), Beck, Bertha Able (depicted), Rupp, Esther (depicted), Engelhardt, Elsie Muehter (depicted), Curran, (associated name), Tomicino, Felicia (associated name), Wimberg, Lawrence (associated name)
Date Created1930
SubjectGerman Americans, Theater, Women, Dancers, Entertainers
DescriptionThe dancing girls from the show "Gingham Girl" doing the 42nd Street Strut circa 1930. Left to right: Elmira Compton, Erna Shellhorn Sasdilli, Lily Wills, Dorothy Boysen, Bertha Able Beck, Esther Rupp, Elsie Muehter Engelhardt.

This photo shows seven dancers posing for the camera, each with one knee forward, wearing tophats, sleeveless tops with collars, short shorts, and high-heeled shoes, and each carrying a cane

Mr. Curran's (who bought Atz Brewery) wife was a show girl and got the costumes from New York City. This was a Catholic School benefit show. The leading lady was Felicia Tomicino and the leading man was Lawrence Wimberg. .

This is from the Egg Harbor City historical society photograph collection.
Genrelocal histories
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3S183MX
CollectionEgg Harbor City Historical Society Photographs
Organization NameEgg Harbor City Historical Society
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