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Pants

Object number95.30.15

Date1935-1945

MediumVelvet

Credit LineGift of Duquesne University Tamburitzans

DescriptionBlack velvet elastic waist pants.Dimensions46 in. (116.8 cm)
Historical NotesClothes worn by Latin Dance team Montez and Adele during the 1940s.Label TextAmerican popular culture embraced Latino culture even before the era of widespread immigration of Spanish-speaking immigrants to the United States. In the 1940s, Rudy Montez and Adele Paige traveled the United States, performing their own version of “Latin Dance.” These costumes, which Adele Paige designed, came from the couple’s extensive performance wardrobe. Montez was born in Barcelona; Paige in the United States. The couple, who performed under the name “Montez Adele,” eventually married and settled in Bellevue. Today, various forms of Latino dance are an important form of ethnic identity for the region’s Latinos

Previous owner Rudy Montez

Related person Adele Paige

Related institution Montez and Adele

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