1943 LIFE Goes to Roseland

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This is a 4-page feature, LIFE Goes to Roseland - It is taxi dance hall deluxe. Illustrations include: dancing is decorous, conforming to Roseland standards; Roseland's Broadway marquee is garish; Roseland girls: Shirley Parker, Irene Lane, Wilda Willis, Louise Powers, Gertrude Klass, Jonni Powers, Dorothea Harris, Marcelle Dubrulle; girls wait for partners on raised dais which they call "meat-box" or "pen"; conga expert is Louise Powers; Private Joseph Lamarca learns new tactics from Shirley Parker; hostess Miss Forder performs discreet introduction after guest indicated choice - Wilda's partner is Machinist's Mate W W Lawton; Trudy Klass talks politely to Seaman Papa of Pittsburgh; and timecards cost $1.40 per half hour, of which hostess Dorothea Harris collects $1.

From:  LIFE Magazine - February 8, 1943.  

Condition: Very good with light foxing.  There may be production marks/smudges on the page.The page may have small edge tears, folds, or creases, especially at the bound edge. The page may have holes where the staples were removed and there may be light rust at those holes. There maybe crinkling on some of the pages of this item.

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