Promotional mailer from the Elk's Rendezvous Nite Club

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A promotional mailer from the Elk's Rendezvous Nite Club. The mailer is a single sheet of paper which folds in half to form the mailer. The first page features a reproduced letter to Ralph Cooper, Elk's Rendezvous Nite Club, to Mr. Richard Campbell, U.S.O., thanking the U.S.O. for allowing their orchestra to perform. The text is printed in red on a white background. The letter is surrounded by a white and red border featuring illustrations of a tank, soldiers, a crowd of men and women, and a banner. It also has the phrase [We Mean it!] printed in white along the top right edge of the border. The interior pages fold out to form a full-page red and white spread. It features a collage of photographic images with [ELK'S RENDEZVOUS / FLOOR /SHOW] printed at the top and information about the club and the performers, printed at the bottom.

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