The February 2019 issue of Chicago Magazine offers a historical survey of baring skin in the Windy City. “Unbuttoning Chicago’s History of Covering Up” opens with the 1893 World’s Fair, summarizing how the “belly dancers” in the Street in Cairo exhibit on the Midway Plaisance shocked some viewers, raised ire of the Board of Lady Managers, and provoked U.S postal inspector Anthony Comstock to attempt to shut it down.
Chicago Magazine Recalls the “Indecent Undulations” on the Midway Plaisance
By Scott|2022-03-05T10:40:24-06:00January 26th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: "Belly Dancer", Anthony Comstock, Board of Lady Managers, Midway Plaisance, Street in Cairo|0 Comments
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