<I>Manhattan, Vol. 1, No. 1: A Night-Club Map of Harlem</I>
date: label: Date
content: January 18, 1933
name: label: Illustrated by
content: Elmer Simms Campbell, American, 1906 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Savoy Ballroom, American, 1926 - 1958
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Small's Paradise, American, founded 1925
label: Subject of
content: Gladys Bentley, American, 1907 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: Dickie Wells, American, 1907 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Don Redman And His Orchestra, American, 1931 - 1940
label: Subject of
content: Donald "Don" Matthew Redman, American, 1900 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Garland Wilson, American, 1909 - 1954
notes: label: Description
content: The first issue of Manhattan Magazine featuring the centerfold illustration, "A Night-Cub Map of Harlem" by E. Simms Campbell. The cartoon map provides a nightlife guide to Harlem with caricature renditions of night clubs, restaurants, musicians, entertainers, vendors, and patrons.
label: Description
content: The viewer looks southwest over the streets of Lenox Avenue and Seventh Avenue, with Central Park at 110th street at the upper left corner, the Harlem River at the bottom left, the "Harlem Moon" in the upper right corner, and a compass rose and a police station at bottom right. In between are 131st, 133rd, 134th, 135th, and 142nd streets, running east to west. Depicted are the Radium Club, Cotton Club with Cab Calloway's band, the Savoy Ballroom, Connie's Inn, Lafayette Theatre, Log Cabin, Theatrical Grill, Gladys Bentley at Gladys' Clam House, Club Hot-Cha, and Small's Paradise. Cartoon figures do popular dances the Lindy Hop, the Bump, and Snakehips. Musicians Harlan Lattimore, Garland Wilson, and Don Redman are featured, as well as tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. There's a vendor selling hot peanuts, the restaurant Tillies features fried chicken, and the vendors "the Crab Man" and "the Reefer Man." Each character and venue has a brief written description. At Club Hot Cha, "Nothing happens before 2 a.m., ask for Clarence" and at Small's Paradise, "Cafe au lait girls and dancing waiters."
label: Description
content: At bottom right, a rectangular label reads "Engraved and copyrighted 1932 by E. Simms Campbell." Beneath each page is a short text caption beginning with "Points of interest underneath the Harlem Moon..." at left and "The cafe au lait girls which are the color of coffee and cream..." at right. The very bottom right corner advertises "A 'relief' map of Greenwich Village in the Feb. 1 Manhattan" magazine.
label: Description
content: The magazine consists of four sheets (a, b, c, d) folded to form 16 pages, with the map appearing in the centerfold of sheet d, across pages 8 and 9. The dark blue wrapper (e) has the front and back cover with black text and a black and white graphic of a man and woman against an abstracted cityscape. The magazine content consists of printed text, advertisements, and illustrations.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
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: 2020.26.34a-e
objectType: label: Type
content: maps
label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 3/4 × 24 1/16 in. (42.5 × 61.1 cm)