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Bottle tag from the Cotton Club

Object Details

Description
Small rectangular white tag with a large hole in the upper third. Below, in the remaining two-thirds is text "NOTICE TO GUESTS/ The content of this bottle is/ sold to you as a beverage and/with the understanding that/ it will not be mixed or used/ with any alcoholic content/ liquor in violation of the/ prohibition laws./ THE MANAGEMENT/ COTTON CLUB/ Lenox Ave. at 142nd St./ New York." On the reverse, written upside down in pencil is a multi-lined illegible note.
Transcription Center Status
Transcribed by digital volunteers
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
Date
1923-1933
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 5 3/16 × 2 3/8 in. (13.2 × 6 cm)
Type
tags
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