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    Advertisement tag for the Homestead Grays vs. New York Cubans baseball game

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Homestead Grays, American, 1912 - 1950
    New York Cubans, American, 1935 - 1950
    Date
    1930s - 1940s
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (15.1 x 6.4 cm)
    Description
    A thin stock cardboard tag advertising a game played between the Homestead Grays and the New York Cubans at Glenwood Park in Kane, Pennsylvania. The tag consists of black printed ink on orange paper. An eyelet for hanging is at the center of the top.
    Transcription Center Status
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    Place used
    Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
    Type
    tags
    Topic
    Baseball
    Segregation
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2010.44.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e54f834c-cae9-485e-a0b3-3f220fc6dab0
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    Bottle tag from the Cotton Club

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
    Date
    1923-1933
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
    Exhibition
    Musical Crossroads
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5 3/16 × 2 3/8 in. (13.2 × 6 cm)
    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.
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    Place used
    Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Type
    tags
    Topic
    Cooking and dining
    Dance
    Entertainers
    Musical Theatre
    Nightlife
    Popular music
    Segregation
    Stereotypes
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi
    Object number
    2013.223.43
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d73b497b-73a6-449a-93c1-9f3ca740809f
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