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New Blog Post - Irving Berlin and Turkey Trot Too Much For Newport News
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Dale Dulaney <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:31:07 -0400
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When we found sheet music for an Irving Berlin song entered as evidence in a 
Newport News obscenity trial in 1912, we had to know more. Check out 
today’s blog to hear the racy song that had the city in a tizzy, see one of 
the “indecent” dances that was sweeping the nation, and read the story of 
one Virginia city’s reaction to both. 

http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/ 

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