This portrait of George Caddy’s fiancée, Betty York, is posed to display her engagement ring. It is one of only two soft-focus images taken by George. The other is of Betty’s sister, Hazel. He was either a romantic, or aware that razor-sharp photograph..

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George Caddy and partner Pearl Scott surprised patrons at the Trocadero with a hot jitterbug movement called ‘side throw with splits’. Despite its popularity with the younger generation, not everyone was impressed with the new dance craze. As music critic George Hart put it:Price: $295.00

George Caddy and Mavis Lang entertained more sedate dancers at the famous Trocadero with this jitterbug display. By 1941, it was estimated that there were 5000 jitterbug dancers in Sydney and contests were held every Saturday night at the Trocadero in George Street. Jitterbugging was perf..

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According to the fashion editor of Truth (12 November 1939):

You simply dare not be less carefully turned out for the beach than you are for the afternoon party or the cocktail hour … Slacks now! Though they must give the essen..

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John Henry holds his partner aloft in a ‘one-hand back lift to over-head arch’, known locally as a ‘back lift’. Adagio ‘poses plastiques’ seem to have been popular with couples, as George Caddy photographed at least three duos executing this advanced li..

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Roya Geale puts on a spectacular display of flexibility and balance, similar to ‘needle scale’ poses struck by professional adagio dancers and contortionists, in which a standing front split is done, while holding the back leg overhead. Two-piece swimsuits had been introduced ..

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‘Forgetting the roar of the city for the roll of the surf’, these Sydneysiders relaxed beside Bondi’s promenade, before the surfing season had begun. TheSydney Morning Herald (13 November 1939) commented on the var..

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Max Stewart entertained a youthful audience by hand-balancing atop the Bondi Beach flag. How he reached this position is not known, but height was never a deterrent for skilled hand-balancers. Wal Balmus had 25 years experience as an equilibrist, including hand-balancing on the edge of Ni..

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Alf Stanbrough and another gymnast throw Bonnie Hawkins to a catcher in a dangerous adagio movement called ‘Flight of a bird’. Adagio acts were a mixture of dance and acrobatics, where a woman was thrown or spun around by her partner or partners. When Australian adagio dancers..

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