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Description
An American-bandstand type program, The Dave Astor Show aired locally each week on Saturday afternoons from 1956 through 1971. It featured a combination of local area student guests and cast regulars, who performed popular music and dance numbers.
Willie Stewart, a student at Deering High School stood in a tuxedo getting ready to perform on the show.
About This Item
- Title: Willie Stewart on set outtake on The Dave Astor Show, Portland, ca. 1962
- Creation Date: circa 1962
- Subject Date: circa 1962
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Film transparency
- Dimensions: 3.5 cm x 2 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2499, Box 8/DA805
- Collection: Dave Astor collection
- Object Type: Image
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- African American students--Maine
- Dave Astor Show
- Rock and roll dancing
- Teenagers--Maine
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