Photograph of three dancers at the Silver Slipper Ballroom

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd at the Silver Slipper Ballroom surrounding three (3) dancers featured at the center of the image. The three (3) female dancers are depicted doing full splits on the ballroom floor, each smiling at the camera. The dancer in the center is Laura Cathrell. The crowd is seated and standing around the dancers. The ballroom has fringed decorations along the ceiling. The walls in the background are covered in a floral patterned wallpaper. Below the dancers, written in the negative, is the text [Silver Slipper Ballroom / Sarah at Hodimont]. In the lower right corner is an additional note in white text [Woodland's / Studio / St Louis']. Written in black ink, in the lower right quadrant, is a note in ink [Music by / St. Louis / Crackerjacks / Inc.].

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