“Land of Flowers,” open-air dance, c. 1920, by Burgert Brothers, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Impressive.
All the images below are details from the same picture.
The Burgert Brothers — Al and Jean — owned the leading photography studio in Tampa, Fla., from 1918 until the early 1960s.
I couldn’t find anything more about this particular photograph, but I did find a similar image taken by the Burgerts.
The other picture, taken in 1923, shows the dance students of Mme. Lee Scovell as they performed a scene from the ballet “Land of Flowers” at the Temple Terrace Country Club. The photo above could be from the same performance, or it could be of an earlier class of Mme. Scovell’s.
We, the Fairies, blithe and antic,
Of dimensions not gigantic,
Though the moonshine mostly keep us,
Oft in orchards frisk and peep us.— Leigh Hunt, from “Song of Fairies Robbing an Orchard“
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