1930s ballroom

1930s - The two-story tall Biltmore ballroom (Biltmore Bowl), home to eight Oscar ceremonies. Originally called the Sala de Oro and later renamed the Biltmore Bowl, the ballroom was a vast and sumptuous space two stories tall. In the 1950s, it suffered a devastating fire and was not rebuilt. In its place, the hotel built two smaller ballrooms.

Print made from 1930s vintage photo with dancing couple on stage with musicians. As Puerto Rican and Cuban migration surged in the 1930s, the U.S. saw its first major Latin music and dance craze. New York ballrooms exploded with the sounds of "rhumba", a version of Afro-Cuban son adapted for East Coast ballrooms. High resolution scan was retouched using digital editing software to remove dust, tears, scratches and other blemishes as well as improve exposure and clarity without sacrificing…

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Description A colorized still from "Swing Time" with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dancing to my favorite number of their's.

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Veloz and Yolanda were a husband wife ballroom dance team who specialized in Latin numbers. Frank Veloz was born today in 1906; Yolanda Casazza, March 21, 1908. The sleek and chic couple star…