Program / Menu from the Cotton Club
date: label: Date
content: 1938
name: label: Written by
content: Ted L. Koehler, American, 1894 - 1973
label: Composed by
content: Rube Bloom, American, 1902 - 1976
label: Produced by
content: Herman Stark, American, 1895 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American, 1878 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Clarence Robinson
label: Subject of
content: Julian Harrison, American
label: Subject of
content: Al Richards, American
label: Subject of
content: Will Vodery's Jubileers, American
label: Subject of
content: Alberto Socarrás, Cuban American, 1908 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Program from the Cotton Club with menu and program listing. Front cover has a blue background with white printed text reading [THE WORLD FAMOUS / COTTON / CLUB] over top of an orange circle and features black and white illustrations by Julian Harrison. On the lower half of the cover is a large illustration titled [JAM SESSION] featuring Duke Ellington seated at a piano, with Cab Calloway behind him and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson dancing in the middle, with other musicans and dancers around them. Along the left side are four smaller illustrations in a vertical line against an orange background. At the top is [JUNGLE JIVE], followed by [BOOGIE WOOGIE], [CONGO CONGA], AND [JITTER BUGS]. The program's interior consists of two single sheets making four pages. The first page introduces the show with [HERMAN STARK / Presents / World's Fair Edition / Starring / Bill ROBINSON - Cab CALLOWAY] followed by other performers, including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and production credits including choreography by Clarence Robinson and sets by Julian Harrison. At the bottom is [ENTIRE PRODUCTION CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY TED KOEHLER]. The interior two pages present the menu with [Wine List] on the left and [Supper Menu] on the right. The final page lists the program in two acts. On either side of the page are illustrated columns with tribal mask adorning them.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
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: Actors
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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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: 2013.223.21
objectType: label: Type
content: programs
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 paper and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)