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| Title | Dancers in rehearsal at KING television studio, Seattle, 1952 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1952 |
| Caption | In June 1952, two concerts of Cole Porter music kicked off Seattle's Music Under the Stars series at the Green Lake Aqua Theatre. Several thousand people attended opening night and watched nine dancers, a large chorus and a 40-piece orchestra perform "Begin the Beguine" and other popular favorites.
In this photo, taken in the KING-TV studios, Colleen Corkery (l.) and Diane Dembo (r.) show viewers one of the dance numbers from the Cole Porter concerts at the Green Lake Aquatheater. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Park Department co-sponsored the summer series. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Music - Seattle (Cole Porter Rehearsal).
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 30, 1952. |
| Subjects | Television studios--Washington (State)--Seattle; Television production & direction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Dancers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Cameras--Washington (State)--Seattle; Pianos--Washington (State)--Seattle; KING-TV (Television station : Seattle, Wash.) |
| Personal Names | Corkery, Colleen
Dembo, Diane |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI21633 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.; reticulated, stained |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
