Category: anonymous, unknown

Senda Berenson Abbot, ca. 1898

Unknown American photographer: cyanotype: ca. 1897-99. “Miss Berenson” (Senda Berenson Abbott: 1868-1954), known as the ‘’Mother of Women’s Basketball” Berenson was first hired as a gymnastics instructor at Smith College before becoming the Director of the Gymnasium and Instructor of Physical Culture there, adapting the first rules of women’s basketball in 1892. The game had been invented less than a year earlier by James Naismith in nearby Springfield, Mass. By 1899, Berenson had codified her rules for the women’s game, and in 1901, they were published in the volume “Basket Ball for Women” by Spalding’s Athletic Library. From: PhotoSeed Archive via Photoseed Blog

Norwegian dancer Ellen Sinding

Rideau. Ellen Sinding, danseuse de revue norvégienne 1930 Tirage argentique d’époque sur papier cartoline, cachet ‘Ellen Sinding’ au dos. | Curtain. Ellen Sinding (born Ellen Buttedahl), Norwegian revue dancer 1930 Vintage gelatin silver print on cardboard paper, ‘Ellen Sinding’ stamp on the back. | src interencheres

Dansen för fåglarna, ca. 1925

Carina Ari (*) i Dansen för fåglarna, c. 1925. | Carina Ari (*)in The Dance for the Birds, ca.1925 | src Dansmuseet
(*) Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson (Stockholm, 1897 – Buenos Aires, 1970)