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Bottle tag from the Cotton Club
1923-1933
Unidentified, Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
Small rectangular white tag with a large hole in the upper third. Below, in the remaining two-thirds is text "NOTICE TO GUESTS/ The content of this bottle is/ sold to you as a beverage and/with the understanding that/ it will not be mixed or used/ with any alcoholic content/ liquor in violation of the/ prohibition laws./ THE MANAGEMENT/ COTTON CLUB/ Lenox Ave. at 142nd St./ New York." On the reverse, written upside down in pencil is a multi-lined illegible note.
- Title:
- Bottle tag from the Cotton Club
- Creator:
- Unidentified, Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
- Date Created:
- 1923-1933
- Description:
Small rectangular white tag with a large hole in the upper third. Below, in the remaining two-thirds is text "NOTICE TO GUESTS/ The content of this bottle is/ sold to you as a beverage and/with the understanding that/ it will not be mixed or used/ with any alcoholic content/ liquor in violation of the/ prohibition laws./ THE MANAGEMENT/ COTTON CLUB/ Lenox Ave. at 142nd St./ New York." On the reverse, written upside down in pencil is a multi-lined illegible note.
Transcribed by digital volunteers
Item details
- Partner:
- Smithsonian Institution
- Contributing Institution:
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Subjects:
- Nightlife
Cooking
Segregation
Music
Dinners and dining
Dance
Musical Theatre
Entertainers
Stereotypes
Cotton Club
African Americans
African American
Cooking and dining
Popular music - Format:
- Ink on paper
- Rights:
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi