Fan from the Cotton Club
date: label: Date
content: 1923-1935
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Advertising fan for the Cotton Club. On the front is a color illustration of a woman's portrait. The woman looks at the viewer and her hair is swept up around her neck to fall over her PL shoulder. Only the top of shoulders, her neck and head are seen. On her PR ear is a round earring. The illustration is on a yellow background. On the reverse of the fan is a black and white silhouette of a jungle with a band playing music. The jungle scene takes up the majority of the back with the band only along the bottom portion. At the top of the back, in white letter is the club name "The/ COTTON CLUB." The wood handle is attached to the back in the middle. On either side of the handle is black text; on the left "Lenox Avenue/ at 142nd St./ Br 2-7767-1687" and on the right "The Aristocrat/ of Harlem."
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York County, 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: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.223.40
objectType: label: Type
content: fans (costume accessories)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cardboard with wood and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12 5/16 × 8 7/8 × 1/16 in. (31.3 × 22.5 × 0.2 cm)