How different our towns and cities must have looked when they were dotted with places for people to dance away their evenings. The twinkle of the lights, the sound of sprightly music wafting on the air. In circa 1905 photo, people are strolling past the dance hall on the Venice Beach pier. It has a fairly large entrance way so I’m guessing that the dance floor had lots of room to waltz and foxtrot. And if you look closely, you can see the hundreds of light bulbs that cover the façade – it must have been quite a sight at nighttime.
** UPDATE** – here is an interior photo of the dance hall:
How different our towns and cities must have looked when they were dotted with places for people to dance away their evenings. The twinkle of the lights, the sound of sprightly music wafting on the air. In circa 1905 photo, people are strolling past the dance hall on the Venice Beach pier. It has a fairly large entrance way so I’m guessing that the dance floor had lots of room to waltz and foxtrot. And if you look closely, you can see the hundreds of light bulbs that cover the façade – it must have been quite a sight at nighttime.
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