Twirling and Bending, Wonderful c. 1940s Snapshot of Two USO Dancers with View of Trees Behind Arts and crafts with so much care

with so much care

and what could be better than a lamb-like dog

I can never resist a good bunny

I didn't know any of these specifics when I came across this engraving--which is mounted to backing paper that clearly came from a scrapbook

The lid itself

Twirling and Bending, Wonderful c. 1940s Snapshot of Two USO Dancers with View of Trees Behind Arts and crafts with so much careI love this photo. The seller I purchased it from described it as dancers at a USO event, WW2 era, and surely this dancer with skirt aloft must have pleased the troops! But while that fresh faced young woman and the twirl of her raised skirt are gorgeous, what really makes this photo for me the is the presence of the second dancer, back turned and body bent in a movement that feels much more Martha Graham than Marilyn Monroe. And that very modernist