Programme for Cafe Zanzibar, ca. 1945. Creator: Unknown.

Programme for Cafe Zanzibar, ca. 1945. Creator: Unknown.

2-835-266 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

'Home of the Stars; Program; Cafe Zanzibar, Broadway at 49th, New York'. The programme a single sheet of paper, folded in half. The front features a white box, bordered by a grayscale leopard-print background. The illustration inside the white box is of a scantily clad woman seated on a rock, wearing a flowing orange skirt and feathered headdress. It is designed so that patrons could address it to a friend and have it mailed by the business. The world of entertainment, like so many other areas of life, was segregated along racial lines during this period of US history.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :

Medium
  1. Ink on paper

Picture Type
  1. Souvenir programs

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Society & Culture Performing Arts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3658x5072
File Size : 54,356kb


Aliases

  1. 2013.46.25.69
  1. NMAAHC-2013_46_25_69_001
  1. 0990005130
  1. 2-835-266
  1. 2013.46.25.69
  1. 2835266


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