Contestants in a dance marathon mb-code 2490343 View of the dock framed

View of the dock framed by a decorative border including motifs of anchors and fishing nets

Plate 1 from Eerste vervolg der proefneemingen

Peter Sallis (Cleggy) and Bill Owen (Compo) on the set of 'Last of the Summer Wine'

' T Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863) was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Royal Society in 1851

Contestants in a dance marathon mb-code 2490343 View of the dock framedContestants in a dance marathon, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1930. The girl has fallen asleep. Dance marathons were popular competitions organised in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Contestants attempted to continue dancing for as long as posible in order to win prizes. A 1935 book about the contests, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, written by Horace McCoy, who worked as a bouncer at dance marathons, was made into a successful Academy Award