7 Portraits of a Dancer
The building that Manning had his studio in was demolished in the very early 1960's to make way for a parking garage.
Photographs:
-Colorized Drum Majorette in her toe shoes, en pointe holding batons. This photograph is signed Moser
-B & W on pointe with flowers in hair and on left shoulder. Looks like she may be wearing fishnet stockings. no photographer listed on back. Matte finish
-Western Look / Can Can Dancer / Saloon Girl showing midriff by holding up her skirt. Wears feather hat, and garter. en pointe! Glossy / Signed at the bottom in white Manning Roch, NY (hard to read). Back of photograph has red stamp:
Additional photographs may be ordered by No. ________
Victor Manning Photographic Studio
92 Motier St. (Palace Theater Bldg.)
Rochester 4, N. Y.
Western Look / Can Can Dancer / Saloon Girl wearing feathered hat, short costume and garter. Bent over flinging out her skirt in back. Glossy / Signed in white Manning Roch, N.Y. with red stamp as listed above on back.
-Mood lighted doing an arabesque en pointe. Left arm flung out behind. Glossy
Stamped in red as above on the back
-Mood lighted arms overhead in same costume as the one above. En pointe again! Glossy Signed in white at bottom Manning Roch. N.Y. and red stamp on back
-Who is this guy? Where did he come from? Now she's been lifted upside down in a man wearing a satin looking shirt. She's wearing a 2 piece costume with ballet flats. Feather in hair. Signed at bottom Victor Manning in Roch. NY in white. On back red stamp. Glossy
I have no idea who she is or who he is. Found one listing in a Rochester newspaper for Victor Manning Photo Studio in Rochester in the mid 1940's.
Each measures approx 8 x 10 inches
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Certainly one of a kind lot!