- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Elks Rendezvous, American, ca. 1930 - 1945
- Date
- 1930 - 1945
- Medium
- pigment on wood
- Dimensions
- L x W: 7 × 3/4 in. (17.8 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- Elk's Rendezvous table knocker in the shape of a small mallet with a small wooden cylinder as a head, dyed red. The head has two incised lines that run around the head's circumference. The handle, a plain straight stick, has the words "Elks Rendezvous/ Harlem's Foremost Cabaret/ 133rd & Lenox Ave. NYC/ 3 Shows Nightly AU 3-8111" stamped lengthways along it. Stamped on either side of the text is an orange geometric pattern around the handle.
- Place used
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Topic
- Amusements
- Jazz (Music)
- Music
- Musical Theatre
- Nightlife
- Popular music
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi
- Object number
- 2013.223.69
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




