Program for Cafe Zanzibar
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1945
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Cafe Zanzibar, American, 1943 - 1948
label: Subject of
content: Joe Howard, American, 1867 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: Pee Wee Marquette, American, 1914 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American, 1878 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: The Delta Rhythm Boys, American, 1934 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Otto Eason, American
label: Subject of
content: Velma Middleton, American, 1917 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Maurice Rocco, American, 1915 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: Peters Sisters, American
label: Subject of
content: The Zanzibeauts, American, 1943 - 1948
label: Subject of
content: Nicholas Brothers, American
label: Subject of
content: Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra, American, 1928 - 1947
label: Subject of
content: Claude Hopkins Orchestra, American, 1930 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: A program from the Cafe Zanzibar. The program is designed so that patrons could address it to a friend and have it mailed by the business. The program is 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. Above and to the left of the woman is orange script that reads, [Home of the Stars / Program]. Below the white box, is white text against a black background. The background is roughly the shape of a rectangle with uneven edges. The text reads [CAFE ZANZIBAR / BROADWAY AT 49th / NEW YORK]. The interior pages features black text set against an orange-tinted photograph showing a line of showgirls. The top of the program the text reads, [Joe Howard presents The Winter Edition of “ZANZIBARABIAN NIGHTS”]. Below, on the left interior page is the program, which featured Pee Wee Marquette as the host. The floorshow acts included Bill Robinson, Otto Easton, Louis Armstrong, The Nicholas Brothers, Maurice Rocco, Velma Middleton, The Peter Sisters, the Delta Rhythm Boys, and the Zanzibeauts. On the right interior page is the rest of the program and the finale and the two (2) bands scheduled for the dancing portion: Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra and Claude Hopkins and his Orchestra. The staff are listed at the top of the right interior page. The back provides spaces for an address and stamp on the right. Handwritten in pencil on the top line of the address block is [Av]. On the left is a rectangle of a grayscale leopard-print. Inside the rectangle is an illustration of a white tag with black text that reads, [Regards From] above a blank line. Below the tag is a white box with black text that reads, [AFTER / DINING, DANCING / AND SEEING A / WONDERFUL SHOW], and a black box with white text that reads, [AT THE Cafe / ZANZIBAR / BROADWAY AT 49TH ST. / NEW YORK CITY].
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.46.25.69
objectType: label: Type
content: souvenir programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 7 1/4 × 5 1/16 × 1/16 in. (18.4 × 12.8 × 0.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 7 1/4 × 10 1/16 (18.4 × 25.6 × 0.1 cm)