The above photo was taken during the 1950’s for Life magazine of a cotillion in Harlem.
The photographs are a rare look at a Harlem society that vanished in the following decades along with an interior view of a once prominent building in Harlem.
Young ladies of distinguished backgrounds would be presented at a debutante ball dressed in the most formal of attire.
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The formal classical balconies and accoutrements in the historic Renaissance Ballroom in Central Harlem on the corner of 138th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. and 7th Avenue.
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