Sign advertising Club Plantation

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A sign advertising the segregated Club Plantation in Saint Louis, Missouri. The sign is printed on light yellow poster board and features black text and black-and-red graphics. Just above the center of the sign is a caricatured cartoon depiction of a man's head. Printed text in the negative on the man’s hair and forehead reads [Man / dat sho was / good!]. Above the man’s head is a rectangular red block with a convex bottom and upwards pointing arrows printed in the negative. The arrows point towards the name of the club printed in large, black, centered text at the top that reads [CLUB / PLANTATION]. Printed below the man’s head, in centered black text, is information about the club that reads [911 N. Vandeventer / St. Louis / 3 FLOOR SHOWS / NIGHTLY / STRICTLY / WHITE PATRONAGE ONLY / Franklin 7244-9605].

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