Madame Peabody's Dancing Academy for Young Ladies The Dance | |
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| Address | 172 S. Washington Street |
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| Location | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 47°36′04″N 122°19′56″W / 47.6011°N 122.3321°W |
| Operator | John and Margaret Delevitti |
| Opened | 1930 |
The Casino (nicknamed "Madame Peabody's Dancing Academy for Young Ladies"[1] and "The Dance") was a gay and lesbian dance club, café, pool hall, and card room located in Pioneer Square in Seattle.[2][3] It was opened by Joseph Bellotti in 1930[1] in the basement of the building where The Double Header was located.[2][4] It was known as one of the places most welcoming of gays on the West Coast.
- ^ a b Chrystie Hill (12 April 2003), "Queer History in Seattle, Part 1: to 1967", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
- ^ a b The Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project. "Queen City Comes Out: Exploring Seattle's Lesbian and Gay History". OutHistory.org. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Jones, Sam (27 June 2019). "Seattle's Gay Bar Scene Is Changing—and That's a Good Thing". Seattle Met. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Kery Murakami (22 June 2007), "No longer at the center of Seattle's gay scene, bar still serving outsiders", Seattle P-I, archived from the original on 15 December 2019, retrieved 13 December 2019
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