AI restored film of early swing out dancing ( known as the Texas Tommy) circa 1910-14. There isn't much information about where this was filmed. However the boogie woogie style originated in San Francisco and was the prototype of what later became known as the Lindy hop, and later again - swing dance. This also may well be dance duo, Johnny Peters and Ethel Williams, who traveled from coast to coast, at this time, demonstrating the dance between 1910 and 1913. From the Prelinger Archive, and originally uploaded by archivist AV Geeks. See original: The History of the Lindy Hop and Swing Dance. Before dance, there's always music! Boogie Woogie was pretty popular among African Americans by the 1910's and was morphing into faster swingout partnered dancing as Jazz bands took off. While what we are seeing here was not called the Lindy Hop ( yet), it is certainly the prototype. Leubrie Hill&
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