Tom Moran and Tom Sewell Fantasy by the Sea Peace Press: Culver City, CA, 1980 (1979) (Originally published by Beyond Baroque Foundation with a grant from the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts), 1918
"The worldwide epidemic of the Spanish influenza reached Venice and at least three fatalities were attributed to the highly contatgious disease. The city's movie theaters, bars, carnivals and saloons were closed by order of the State Board of Health. Dancing was prohibited.
"The anti-flu bans were in effect for 42 days. The health orders were rescinded November 27, 1918, 16 days after the armistice had been signed ending the First World War."