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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals


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Public dance halls, their regulation and place in the recreation of adolescents, by Ella Gardner ...

Gardner, Ella, 1893-1942.

OTHER TITLES
Public dance halls

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1929.

SUMMARY
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.

NOTES
At head of title: U.S. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau.

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

"List of references on dance halls": p. 54-55.

SUBJECTS
Dance.
Dance halls--Law and legislation--United States.
Amusements--Law and legislation--United States.
Dance Ordinances and Regulations.

RELATED NAMES
United States. Children's Bureau.

RELATED TITLES
Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau) ; no. 189.

MEDIUM
v, 57 p. 23 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1623 .G3

DIGITAL ID
musdi 205 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.205

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