Young, attractive, talented, and in love, they twirled themselves into the hearts of audiences. America’s sweethearts — and trendsetters — Vernon and Irene Castle revolutionized dance and fashion.

Irene Castle and her husband Vernon Castle (born Vernon Blyth) were the best known ballroom dancers of the early 20th C. Beginning about 1914 they operated several clubs and studios in the NYC area, ...

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection consists of materials from one scrapbook and one photograph album. Box one contains photographs and box two various newspaper and ...

In late November 1914, the Baroness de Kuttleson from the Vernon and Irene Castle dancing school arrived at the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville with her dashing 19-year-old Jewish dance master, Arthur ...