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I saw a rerun of Laverne and Shirley recently, where they got laid off from the beer factory and took jobs as hostesses in a taxi dance club.
Taxi dance clubs were a ubiquitous part of the urban American landscape through the middle decades of the 20th century. In these places, men would pay by the dance, to dance with female hostesses and spend time with them. At one time, in the early 20th century it was estimated some 35,000 to 50,000 single men would visit taxi dance halls every weekend in New York City alone.
The establishments were sort of in between sleezy and licentious and clean wholesome entertainment. It was pretty much up to the dancer and what the establishment permitted to go in the "dark corners" of the clubs. The dancers and customers were a motley assortment, but the clubs served an important social role in the often dehumanizing and lonely environment of the 20th century city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_dance_hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCJJfx7qztU
Taxi dance clubs were a ubiquitous part of the urban American landscape through the middle decades of the 20th century. In these places, men would pay by the dance, to dance with female hostesses and spend time with them. At one time, in the early 20th century it was estimated some 35,000 to 50,000 single men would visit taxi dance halls every weekend in New York City alone.
The establishments were sort of in between sleezy and licentious and clean wholesome entertainment. It was pretty much up to the dancer and what the establishment permitted to go in the "dark corners" of the clubs. The dancers and customers were a motley assortment, but the clubs served an important social role in the often dehumanizing and lonely environment of the 20th century city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_dance_hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCJJfx7qztU
