Twirling and Bending, Wonderful c. 1940s Snapshot of Two USO Dancers with View of Trees Behind school award With "Steaks and Chops" handwritten

With "Steaks and Chops" handwritten on the facade over the door

each with its own personality: one seeming almost on the verge of cracking a smile

The rest of the chair seems all about Gardner

perfectly sized to fit into the palm of one's hand with fingers wrapped around it

A charmer of a rooster I think

Twirling and Bending, Wonderful c. 1940s Snapshot of Two USO Dancers with View of Trees Behind school award With "Steaks and Chops" handwrittenI love this photo. The seller I purchased it from described it as dancers at a USO event, WW2 era, and surely this dancer with skirt aloft must have pleased the troops! But while that fresh faced young woman and the twirl of her raised skirt are gorgeous, what really makes this photo for me the is the presence of the second dancer, back turned and body bent in a movement that feels much more Martha Graham than Marilyn Monroe. And that very modernist