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1940 Dance Stock Photos

Browse 1,637 1940 dance photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

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

Fun with the banjo player in the bar!!!

Retro Style, Old-fashioned, Party - Social Event

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

Fun with the banjo player in the bar!!!

Retro Style, Old-fashioned, Music

English actress Vivien Leigh as ballet dancer Myra in a publicity still for the film 'Waterloo Bridge', 1940.

Vivien Leigh In Waterloo Bridge

Vivien Leigh, 1940

Brigitte Bardot, child, during dance of Mrs Bourgat. Pleyel, about 1946.

Brigitte Bardot, child, during dance of Mrs Bourga

Brigitte Bardot, Child, Dancing

beautiful dancer woman with 1940s fashion - 1940 dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Beautiful dancer woman with 1940s fashion

1940, Women, One Woman Only

Actors Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin compete in a dance marathon in the film 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?', 1969.

They Shoot Horses

Dancing, Marathon

Partygoers, including Marla Maples , her husband businessman Donald Trump, and Maples' mother Laura Ann Locklear , dance and cheer during concert at...

Dancing At Mar-A-Lago

Donald Trump - US President, Mar-a-Lago, Dancing

Rock and Roll devotees dance the night away at the 50th Hemsby Rock 'n' Roll Weekender as the biannual festival celebrates 25 years on May 12, 2013...

Enthusiasts Gather For Hemsby's Rock And Roll Weekender

Tannhaeuser inside the Venusberg, painting by Friedrich Stahl , woodcut by Richard Bong from Moderne Kunst , illustrated magazine published by...

Tannhaeuser inside the Venusberg

1940s 1950s TEENAGE BOYS AND GIRLS DANCING SLOW DANCE AT PARTY IN HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM

1940s 1950s TEENAGE BOYS.

USA, Archival, Dancing

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

Pair of world famous dancers, Alexandra Danilova and Frederick Franklin, strike a pose for the camera, New York, New York, circa 1940.

Danilova and Franklin

New York City, 1940

1940s YOUNG TEENAGE COUPLE DANCING TO RADIO WOMAN SITTING IN CHAIR

1940s YOUNG TEENAGE COUPLE...

Archival, Radio

Soldier and his girl are shown jitterbugging in the 1940s.

Soldier & Girl Jitterbugging

Jive Dancing, Girls

Members of this pioneering Zionist community clearing papyrus thickets from the Hula swamps June 1, 1940 alongside Kibbutz Amir near the Sea of...

Early Zionist Pioneers Settle The Holy Land

Zionism, Jewish People, Hula Dancing

Costumed reveler Margery Stoddard dances with living statue R. Requa at the BeaUx Arts Diamond Ball at the Ritz-Carlton, New York, New York, January...

Dancing At The Beaux Arts Ball

Dancer practices in her living room, ca. 1940

Dancer practices in her living room, ca. 1940

Full-length promotional portrait of Norwegian Olympic ice-skating champion and actor Sonja Henie posing on the ice, wearing a silvery skating skirt...

Sonja Henie, Dancing, Feather

Miss Ena Squire-Brown, an international dancer famed for her 'Dove Dance', leaves her recently bombed home for St. George's Church in Forest Hill, to...

Leaving For Church

London - England, Bomb Damage, 1940-1949

Lucille Ball and other dancing girls staring at unidentified man in a scene from the film 'Dance, Girl, Dance', 1940.

Lucille Ball In 'Dance, Girl, Dance'

Dancing, Child, Lucille Ball

Band performing at the Boulevard Room, a supper club in the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, USA, circa 1940.

The Boulevard Room

Somalia, A group of Somali women perform a song and dance. Original manuscript caption: A women's song and dance, paraffin tins as drums, circa 1940....

Somali women performing a dance

1940s 1950s ROOM FULL OF COUPLES MEN AND WOMEN WEARING WESTERN ATTIRE SQUARE DANCING

1940s 1950s ROOM FULL OF...

Dance, lobbycard, GIRL, , from left: Robert Emmett O'Connor, Lucille Ball, Louis Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, 1940.

Dancing, Lucille Ball, Girls

retro 1940s-50s vintage style hawaiian hula dancer postcard old photo - 1940 dance stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Retro 1940s-50s Vintage Style Hawaiian Hula Dancer Postcard Old Photo

Postcard, Hawaii Islands, Archival

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

Summer, Beach, Photography

Judy Russin and John Luviso doing the jitterbug in Central Park.

Judy Russin and John Luviso doing the jitterbug in Central P

Zorina performs in a publicity still for I Was an Adventuress movie in Hollywood in 1940.

Zorina Movie Ballet Scene

De jeunes femmes grecques portent la tenue antique traditionnelle pour la Danse des Porteuses d'Eau, en soutien aux coureurs du marathon, circa 1940...

Danse des Porteuses d'Eau

Portrait of a costumed, but only semi-clothed, couple as they dance together during a ball at the Astor Hotel, New York, New York, mid-1940s. The...

Dancing At The Astor

Alcohol - Drink, Party - Social Event, Couple - Relationship

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

American Lindy hop dancer Norma Miller Norma Miller and her long time dance partner, Billy Ricker, in action, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1940. Known as...

Lindy Hop Dancers

Norma Miller, Lindy Hop, 1940-1949

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

1930s 1940s VIEW LOOKING...

Nightclub, Old-fashioned, Celebration

The Chilean cueca evolved from the Peruvian zamacueca. In Peru it is called the marinera. It is a courtship dance where couple pass and circle each...

Chilean Cueca Dance Craze

The Horn dance at a traditional village festival at Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire September 1944

The Horn dance at a traditional village festival at Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire September 1944

Member of the Windmill Girls dance troupe performing in the show 'Paris by Night.. Before 1940', on stage at the Windmill Theatre, London, 1940.

Stockings, 1940

Woman Performing in Bikini and Scarves, Trinidad

Woman Performing in Bikini and Scarves, Trinidad

Fantasy illustration of faeries dancing along a train in the night sky, travelling to a castle in the sky; screen print, 1940.

Fairies Flying To A Castle

Fairy, Full Moon, Archival

1940s CROWD GROUP MEN USN SAILORS AND CIVILIAN WOMEN DANCING TOGETHER AT USO DANCE WORLD WAR TWO

1940s CROWD GROUP MEN USN...

Dancing, Line Dancing, World War II

1940s COUPLE MAN AND WOMAN IN FORMAL WEAR BALLROOM DANCING ON STAGE

1940s COUPLE MAN AND WOMAN...

Dancing, Ballroom Dancing

Danse, costumes et fête traditionnelle dans la banlieue de Vichy, à Cusset, France, circa 1940.

Fête Traditionnelle A Cusset

La Jana - Actress, Dancer, Germany *-+ - jumping - 1933 - Published by: 'Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung' 06/1933 Vintage property of ullstein bild

La Jana - Actress, Dancer, Germany *24.02.1905-13.03.1940+ - jumping - 1933 - Published by: 'Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung' 06/1933 Vintage property of ullstein bild

Germany, Dancing

Deinert, Ursula *-+ Dancer, actress, Germany - dancing the 'Dance of Cleopatra II' - 1940 - Photographer: Regine Relang - Vintage property of...

Deinert, Ursula *17.10.1910-21.12.1988+ Dancer, actress, Germany - dancing the 'Dance of Cleopatra II' - 1940 - Photographer: Regine Relang - Vintage property of ullstein bild

Germany, Dancing

Sailor and a woman are shown jitterbugging. They face each other, and he sticks his chin out. Ca. 1940s.

Sailor And Woman Jitterbugging

Harlem: Inspired crowd in Savoy Ballroom during jitterbug days.

Couples Dancing at Savoy Jazz Club in Harlem

Jazz Music, Harlem, Dance Floor

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

An ballet audience having tea and sandwiches while watching a performance. Original Publication: Picture Post - 310 - Shilling Ballet - pub. 1940

Ballet Audience

Tea - Hot Drink, Cup

Austrian born German actress and dancer La Jana posed wearing stage costume, circa 1935.

Austrian Actress And Dancer La Jana

Learning to dance in the 1940s. A close up of a man and a women's legs and feet when dancing. An instructiv image on how to position and move to the...

Learning to dance in the 1940s. A close up of a man and a women's legs and feet when dancing. An instr...

Archival, Dancing

Dancing in the 1940s. A couple is dancing and holding each other close, moving to the music at a dance event. The picture was used in an article at...

Dancing in the 1940s. A couple is dancing and holding each other close, moving to the music at a dance...

Archival, Couple - Relationship, Dancing

Ballet school in the 1940s. Young female dancers are practising their ballet in a ballet studio and a teacher is firmly adjusting their positions to...

Ballet school in the 1940s. Young female dancers are practising their ballet in a ballet studio and a ...

Archival, Dancing

Seaman First Class Bob Fitzgerald with Petty Officer Gerry Richenson performing a waltz for the diners in the cafe alongside the ice rink at the...

Ice Skating At Rockefeller Center

New York City, Rockefeller Centre

Czech advertisement for Sokol Slet, 1948. Held in Prague, June Sokol is a youth sports and gymnastics movement.

Czech advertisement for Sokol Slet, 1948

zoot suit 2 - 1940 dance stock illustrations

Gangster, 1940, Trilby

Brazilian professional footballer Pele poses for a portrait with an unidentified woman at the disco nightclub Xenon in New York, New York, circa 1979.

Xenon Nightclub

Pelé - Soccer Player - Born 1940, Dancing

American maid Alice Thomas and American student Roy Atkinson dancing at the Gypsy Ten Room in New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1940. Located on the...

America's Most Complete Night Club

Dancing, Black People, New Orleans

Dancing bear and its keeper on a Salonika street, Greece, 1940. ‘Salonika street scene which never fails to attract the youngsters who throng the...

A dancing bear and its keeper on a Salonika street, Greece, 1940

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

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