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The High School's Frolicsome Pole Dancers
Imagine having a Health Pageant when you were in school. Such fun!
The data at New York Heritage indicates that the event shown below likely occurred in the 1930s, but it may have been slightly earlier. According the Long-Islander of April 26, 1929, Hicksville's schools were to mark Child Health Day on the first of May 1929 with various events, including a May Pole dance on the lawn of the high school.
Incidentally, a close look at the faces and the shoes worn by these May Pole dancers suggests that all of them were girls.
New York Heritage Digital Collections, Hicksville Historic Photographs
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