Name: Savoy Ballroom, New York 1940s
Brand: martinafruit.com
SKU: 71809095442
Price: 25.00 USD
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Savoy Ballroom, New York 1940sThe Savoy Ballroom opened in 1926 during the Harlem Renaissance (1918 1937), a transformative period in African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics. At a time when racial segregation was still in force, the legendary dance venue, located between 140th and 141st streets on Lenox Avenue and taking up a whole block, had a non discrimination policy. About 85 per cent of the clientele was black and 15 per cent white, but

17ft waterfalls and a sunken cocktail lounge overlooking the gardens

A few months later

with a single candle burning as a tribute

but where else could diners find Chicken and Lotus Nut Soup and Mountain Trout on the same bill of fare

“One of the best known Jazzeries in Harlem

Through the 90s

Popeye Baked Potatoes and Punch and Judy Peas

This 1930s menu warns that drinks would be mixed at your own risk and humorously listed the proprietor as a character called ‘Greasy Lee and Creditors

cocoanuts and palm fronds which had been rescued from the sandy beaches of Oxnard where they had served as atmosphere of the 1921 (Rudolph Valentino silent film) classic

The Isthmus of Catalina Island is a section of land that joins the northwestern portion of Santa Catalina Island to the main part of the island

Everyone was welcome

There was also an open kitchen

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