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An RKO Pictures promotional photograph illustrating Fred Astaire performing a solo dance routine atop a bar counter as part of the One for My Baby routine in The Sky's the Limit (1943).

Source: It is reproduced on page 224 of John Mueller: Astaire Dancing - The Musical Films of Fred Astaire, Knopf 1985, ISBN 0394516540

[edit] Fair use rationale

The picture is used in the article The Sky's the Limit to illustrate the artist performing the song and dance routine to One For My Baby which is commented on in some depth in the article.
The picture is used in the article One For My Baby to illustrate the artist performing the song and dance routine from The Sky's the Limit. This is particularly noteworthy as this now-famous song was specially composed for Astaire who gave the first ever performance in the fore-mentioned film.
The photograph as reproduced here is of a resolution substantially inferior to the original.

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