Dance Card for the Tenth Annual Purim Masquerade and Fancy Dress Ball of the Hebrew Benevolent Society at Germania Hall, New Hartford, Connecticut, March 18, 1886 Dance card from the Tenth Annual Purim Masquerade and Fancy Dress Ball held by the Hebrew Benevolent Society at Germania Hall in New Hartford, Connecticut on March 18, 1886. The card features a decorated cover and lists fifteen dances with spaces for the names of dance partners. The back of the card lists committee members.
Dance Card for the Third Annual Ball of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, Schenectady, New York, October 16, 1901 Dance card for the Third Annual Ball of the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) in Schenectady, New York, held on October 16, 1901. The card includes spaces for recording dance partners.
Dance Program for the Teachers' Institute Ball, Sutter Creek, California Program for a Teachers' Institute Ball held in Sutter Creek, California, circa 1885. The program features the band Oettinger and Katz.
Program for Mishkan Israel Sabbath School Chanukah Festival, Hamden, Connecticut, December 22, 1886 This is a program for a Chanukah festival given by the Mishkan Israel Sabbath School in Hamden, Connecticut on December 22, 1886. Held at Germania Hall, the event featured an orchestra and dancing. The program lists the dances performed.
Trade Card for S. & E. Weinlander's Dancing Academy This trade card advertises S. & E. Weinlander's dancing academy, which offered dancing lessons in New York City and Brooklyn. The front of the card features a young girl holding a fan and a bubble pipe. The back of the card is an advertisement for dancing lessons, which cost $6.00 for gentlemen and $5.00 for ladies for ten weeks of twenty lessons. The academy was located at 290 Court Street, Brooklyn and 125 Rivington Street, New York City. They also offered private lessons.
Trade Card: Loewenstine & Co., The Golden Eagle One Price Clothing House, Minneapolis, Minnesota This trade card advertises Loewenstine & Co.'s Golden Eagle One Price Clothing House in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The front of the card features a whimsical illustration of cats dancing to a fiddling cat, with the caption "All Promenade." The illustration is colorful and playful, likely intended to attract attention. The business name and address are clearly printed at the top of the card: "THE GOLDEN EAGLE..ONE PRICE COTHING HOUSE/107 WASHINGTON AV. S." The back of the card is blank.
Trade Card: Silleck Brothers, 297 Broadway, New York City Trade card advertising Silleck Brothers, located at 297 Broadway in New York City. The card depicts two Irish dancers. The card is part of a collection of manuscript and mixed materials and is dated circa 1885. The card's reverse shows a full advertisement.