A couple 'jiving' at a youth club in North Kensington

A couple 'jiving' at a youth club in North Kensington, 1956. Jiving is a form of freestyle dancing which originated in America in the early 1940s and became popular in Britain during the Second World War. After the war, a variation of jiving known as boogie became the dominant form of popular music.

(RM ref. 8068)

Category:: Photography
Object ID:: IN15409
Object name:: A couple 'jiving' at a youth club in North Kensington
Object type:: photograph, silver gelatin print
Artist/Maker:: Mayne, Roger
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Related places:: London
Production date:: 1956
Material:: paper
Measurements/duration:: H 269 mm, L205 mm (paper), H 254 mm, L 191 mm (image size)
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Record quality:: 100%
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Owner Status & Credit:: Permanent collection

Copyright holder:: Mayne, Roger
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License this image:: To license this image for commercial use, please contact the London Museum Picture Library.

A couple 'jiving' at a youth club in North Kensington

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