Ballroom Dancing

Civil War Harper's Weekly, November 21, 1863

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Russian Ball

Marching Song

Battle of Droop Mountain

Rebel Guerrillas

War in East Tennessee

Rush Street Bridge Accident

First Time Under Fire

Soldier's Story - Gettysburg

War in Tennessee

Hunting Men with Blood Hounds

Ballroom Dancing

William Hammond

Baldness Cure

Illinois Central Railroad

You are viewing an incredible picture of Ballroom Dancing.  The image is from the November 21, 1863 edition of Harper's Weekly.  The illustration is by Winslow Homer, and is captioned, "The Great Russian Ball at the Academy of Music, November 6, 1863. - [See Page 746].