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MBL Club mixer. 

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and comfortable place to relax, people began to use it more often. In recent 

 decades, tlie old firehouse down the street has hosted occasional ballet 

 classes or folk dancing sessions as well. 



The MBL Club opened in July 1914 in the building of the old yacht club. 

 As with so much of the MBL, the building was a gift from the indispensable 



Josephine and fans. C. D. 

 Whitman stands at the 

 top of the stairs on the 

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