Dancing in the Woods

Glass plate negative made by Walter J. Hussey, 1885-1910. Image of wooden floor with couples dancing on it musicians on left, children in the background.

Seven couples dancing to music provided by a quartet consisting of three string players (two violin and one string bass) and a clarinet player on a large wooden “dance floor” that had been assembled in a woods. Children watching the couples dancing are visible under trees in the background.

The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of over two hundred glass plate negatives made by Walter J. Hussey (1865-1959). These glass plate negatives consist of daily life in and around Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Mr. Hussey's friends and family, studio portraits, his trips to the Washington, D.C. area, and Florida.

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