Program and menu from the Cotton Club

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A 1936 program with menu from the Cotton Club. In white text at the top is [The World Famous / COTTON CLUB] between a red and a blue stripe. Most of the front cover depicts a painted scene of gathering of eight nude figures, six men and two women, in a jungle setting with the ocean and high cliffs behind them. At the bottom right corner of the scene, in red, is [Julian Harrison]. Along the bottom edge of the program is [BROADWAY AT 48TH STREET]. The first interior page has a border with images of tribal masks and lists the performers for [DAN HEALY’S / COTTON CLUB PARADE] including Cab Calloway, Avis Andrews, Berry Brothers, Katherine Perry, Whyte’s Maniacs, Tramp Band, Bill Bailey, Anne Lewis, Henri Wessels, Dynamite Hooker, Bahama Dancers, Wen Talberts Choir, Broadway Jones, and Kaloah, and Arthur Davy as well as “50 Sepia Stars” and “50 Copper Colored Gals.

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