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1940s Dance Stock Photos

Browse 6,120 1940s dance photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

young couple dancing in empty room, (b&w) - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young couple dancing in empty room, (B&W)

Old-fashioned, Black And White, Swing Dancing

fun with the banjo player in the bar!!! - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Fun with the banjo player in the bar!!!

Retro Style, Old-fashioned, Party - Social Event

young couple dancing in studio, (b&w) - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young couple dancing in studio, (B&W)

Couple - Relationship, 1930-1939, 1940-1949

Americans dancing the 'Lindy Hop' at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, circa 1947.

Americans Doing The Lindy Hop

Swing Dancing, Harlem Renaissance

Americans take to the dancefloor to show off their 'Swing' dance moves at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, circa...

Americans Swing Dancing

Dancing, Harlem Renaissance, Dance Floor

Americans take to the dancefloor to show off their 'Swing' dance moves at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, circa...

Americans Swing Dancing

Harlem Renaissance, Dancing, Savoy Hotel

Dancers swing to the sound of trombones at the Savoy Ballroom, namesake of the popular song "Stomping at the Savoy" by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, and...

Dancers and Musicans at the Savoy

Swing Dancing, Benny Goodman - Musician, Nightclub

Lindy Hoppers swing dancing in the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City.

Harlem, Dancing, 1940-1949

Americans take to the dancefloor to show off their 'Swing' dance moves at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, circa...

Americans Swing Dancing

Harlem Renaissance, Savoy Hotel, Harlem

Man and woman dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, circa 1947.

Ballroom Dancers

Dancing, 1940-1949, Dancer

Swing dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York, 1947.

Swing At The Savoy

Harlem, 1940-1949, Dancing

African-American GI dancing with a white girl at the Bouillabaisse Club in London's New Compton Street, Soho, 17th July 1943. Picture Post - 1486 -...

Bouillabaisse Club

US Military, World War II, UK

British girls, of the Picture Division of the London Office of War Information, dance in the street with American soldiers during the V-E Day...

Dancing In The Street On V-E Day

VE Day, 1945, London - England

Harlem: Inspired crowd in Savoy Ballroom during jitterbug days.

Couples Dancing at Savoy Jazz Club in Harlem

Jazz Music, African-American People, Harlem

African American people dance in a night club of Harlem, at the end of the 40's in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM-NIGHT CLUB

Nightclub, African-American People

Woman throws her arms in the air as she swing dances with a man at the Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, New York, late 1940s.

Dancing At The Savoy Ballroom

Harlem, Ballroom, Music

The chorus girls starring in Felix Ferry's 'Monte Carlo Follies', appearing at London's Grosvenor House.

Monte Carlo Follies

Hand Fan, Choir, Dancing

African American people dance in a night club of Harlem, at the end of the 40's in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM-NIGHT CLUB

African American people dance in a night club of Harlem, at the end of the 40's in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM-NIGHT CLUB

Group of young people dance together on the dancefloor of a dance hall in Tiger Bay, a multicultural area of Butetown in Cardiff, Wales during World...

Tiger Bay Dance Hall

1940-1949, Dancing, Cardiff - Wales

1930s 1940s VIEW LOOKING DOWN ON BAND AND COUPLES DANCING ON NIGHTCLUB DANCE FLOOR

1930s 1940s VIEW LOOKING...

Nightclub, Old-fashioned, Celebration

Dancing and Music on Mott Street at Flag Raising Ceremony in Honor of Neighborhood Boys in the U.S. Army, New York City, New York, USA, Marjorie...

Dancing and Music on Mott Street at Flag Raising Ceremony in Honor of Neighborhood Boys in the U.S. Army, New York City

New York City, Dancing

Burlesque dancer Margie Hart baring her shoulders as she performs striptease by letting dress slip down her back, at 42nd St. Apollo Theater.

Dancing, Burlesque Style, 1940-1949

swing in sunlight - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Swing in Sunlight

Couple - Relationship, Movie, Poster

Day 1945, Leicester, conga line of dancers formed round the Clock Tower, in Leicester City Centre, on VE Day, Tuesday 8th May 1945.

VE Day Celebrations In Leicester 1945

Americans take to the dancefloor to show off their 'Swing' dance moves at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, circa...

Americans Swing Dancing

Harlem Renaissance, African-American People, Dancing

Man and woman dancing at the Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue, in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, 1947.

Stompin' At The Savoy

Singers from the armed services perform at Dancing in the Park, a USO event in New York City, circa 1943.

Dancing In The Park

Dancing, World War II, USO

Photograph of a round dance between squares at a dance in McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Dated 1940.

chorus girl dancing in studio, (b&w) - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Chorus girl dancing in studio, (B&W)

Old-fashioned, Women, Dancing

vintage girl in folk dress - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Vintage girl in folk dress

Archival, 1940-1949, Child

British Royal Princess Elizabeth dancing with her fiance, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, at the Youth and Service Ball, held at the Assembly Rooms in...

Youth & Service Ball, Edinburgh, 1947

Prince Philip, Elizabeth II, Scotland

ballerina in tutu on tiptoe, (b&w) - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Ballerina in tutu on tiptoe, (B&W)

Black And White, Ballet Dancer, Theatrical Performance

Two girls in rolled-up dungarees and sloppy white shirts turn up for a dance on the mall in Central Park in 1946. As the 1950s rolled in, the look...

Teenage Girls at Central Park Dance

Jeans, 1940-1949, Adolescence

retro dancing on the beach - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Retro Dancing on the Beach

Dancing, 1950-1959, Red

Brazilian singer and dancer Carmen Miranda shows her costumes to two young actresses, circa 1945.

Closet, Carmen Miranda, Archival

Swing dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City in 1947.

Swing Dancing In Harlem

An unidentified woman in a transparent bikini and high heels purses her lips as she performs a striptease dance to the music of a trumpeter on stage...

Gelatin Silver Print, 1940-1949, Dancing

Woman's legs in short pants with yellow ballet slippers and purse by her feet

Vogue Magazine Cover - 1949

Women, Fashion, 1940-1949

Model in Filcol rayon net dance dress, Castecliff jewelry, Weinberger gloves, Avonette shoes, and Bendel's lipstick.

Mademoiselle Cover 1947

1940-1949, Dancing, Women

Evelyn Keyes Dancing in The Jolson Story

Evelyn Keyes Dancing in The Jolson Story

1940-1949, Dancing, Women

Yvonne Adair and Carol Channing in beaded flapper dresses by Miles White with bobbed hair in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Flapper Style, 1940-1949, Dancing

Menu for Keystone Room reads"Keystone Room" from 1948 in USA.

Hotel, Women, Nightclub

Lynne Roberts, the stage name of Mary Hart, the American leading lady and Adele Mara, the stage name of Adelaida Delgado, the Spanish-American...

Magnificent Rogue

1940-1949, Dancing, Women

June Lang, originally June Vlasek, American leading lady and dancer, linking arms with fiance Victor M Orsatti during an evening out.

1940-1949, Dancing, Women

Partially obscured man in a suit helps a woman tie her halterneck costume, mid 20th century.

Slight Adjustment

Photographer talks with an unidentified woman in transparent lingerie, mid 20th century.

Photographer & Subject

Dancing, Two People, Women

Actress Betty Field dances the Charleston during a poolside party scene from the 1949 movie The Great Gatsby.

Betty Field Dancing the Charleston in The Great Gatsby

The Charleston Dance, Dancing, Movie

Young Jewish men dancing a traditional Hora to celebrate the establishment of their settlement, Palestine, circa November 1946.

Dancing The Hora

Dancing, Israel

ska ska ska - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Party - Social Event, 1940-1949, Black And White

the astaire - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Photography, Dancing, USA

Farm workers dance in the recreation tent of a Farm Security Administration agricultural workers' camp. Bridgeton, New Jersey, June 1942.

Dancing in a Juke Joint

Dancing, African-American People, 1940-1949

Dwarf man tap dances to a band in a New Orleans jazz club. Louisiana, USA.

Dwarf Dancing to New Orleans Jazz

Jazz Music, New Orleans

People dancing in the streets of London during the celebrations for VE Day. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1991 - This Was VE Day In London -...

Dancing in the Street

VE Day, 1945, London - England

African American people dance in a night club of Harlem, at the end of the 40's in New York.

USA-NEW YORK-HARLEM-NIGHT CLUB

Harlem, Nightclub, 1940-1949

Bowery Buckaroos, poster, US poster, from left: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Iron Eyes Cody, 1947.

Bowery Buckaroos

painful id? - 1940s dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Summer, Beach, Photography

Bangalore-born British dancer Ram Gopal performing with a dance partner and Indian musicians, 1948.

Dancing, Archival

Del Monte, CA-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter whose every-day life makes a Marx Brothers picture look like a...

Couple Attending Dali Party Dancing in Costume

Salvador Dalí, Gala Dalí, Dancing

An unidentified woman wearing a 'flapper'- style skirt dances at a party in a still from the film, 'The Great Gatsby,' directed by Elliott Nugent,...

Flapper Dancing In 'The Great Gatsby'

Flapper Style, Dancing, Party - Social Event

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