Public Dance Halls : Their Regulation and Place in the Recreation of Adolescents, Bureau Publication No. 189

United States. Children's Bureau; Gardner, Ella, 1893-1942

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Public Dance Halls : Their Regulation and Place in the Recreation of Adolescents, Bureau Publication No. 189

DATE: 1929

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ABSTRACT: This pamphlet discusses the legislative regulation of public dance halls in twenty-eight states. Some of the regulations undertaken by the states include restrictions on attendance, hours of operation, supervision, and regulation of the physical and social conditions of the hall. The author also discusses some of the regulations and ordinances of 100 cities including one from Lincoln, Nebraska that required patrons to keep their bodies at least six inches apart.

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United States. Children's Bureau and Gardner, Ella, 1893-1942. Public Dance Halls : Their Regulation and Place in the Recreation of Adolescents, Bureau Publication No. 189 , Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1929, https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/8467, accessed on June 25, 2024.

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NOTE: At head of title: U.S. Department of Labor, James J. Davis, secretary. Children's Bureau, Grace Abbott, chief

"Dance-hall legislation of 1926, 1927, and 1928": pages 56-57.

PUBLISHER: Government Printing Office

PLACE: Washington, D.C

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