The Marietta Dancing Class, Second Sociable, Marietta, Pa., Feb. 22, 1887

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 May 2019 05:57:20 +0000

A ticket or invitation for the "Second Sociable" held by the Marietta Dancing Class in Marietta, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1887. I haven't been able to locate any information about the dancing class or Samuel B. Gramm's role as instructor. The date of February 22 suggests that the dance may have been a celebration for George Washington's Birthday.

The Marietta Dancing Class

S. B. Gramm, instructor,

Invite you to attend their Second Sociable,

on Tuesday evening, Feb'y 22d, 1887, at the Marietta Rink

Music by Taylor's Orchestra.

Elwood Nettleton at His Dancing Class Reception, 1911

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:33:16 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

Handwritten note on the back of this real photo postcard: "Elwood Nettleton, age 11, as he looked at his dancing class reception, April 1911."

Interestingly, a brief biography of Edward L. Nettleton in A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven County, Volume 2, by Everett Gleason Hill (New York: Clarke Publishing, 1918), pp. 321-22, mentions a son named Elwood: "Elwood T. Nettleton, the third son, was born in West Haven in 1899 and is now attending the Sanford School at Redding Ridge, Connecticut." Since Elwood T. Nettleton would have turned 12 years old sometime in 1911, it's possible that this is a photo of the same Elwood Nettleton taken prior to his birthday that year.

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The Marietta Dancing Class, Second Sociable, Marietta, Pa., Feb. 22, 1887

Elwood Nettleton at His Dancing Class Reception, 1911