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Description
Derogatory caricature of a black woman pouring champagne into a large glass with a heart-shaped lock holding the legs of her petti-pants together. Words "No? No? A 1000 TIMES NO!!!" written on the backside of her pants. 4-page Souvenir menu for Club Plantation in St. Louis, Mo. White-only night club that featured all black performers.
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Subject
Menus; Caricature; Advertisements; Plantation; Advertising; Racism in cartoons; Black people; African Americans in art; African Americans -- Collectibles; St. Louis(Mo.); 1940s; Black women; Champagne; Racial bias; Black Americana
Publication Date
1940
Identifier
DP0015351
Keywords
Menus; Caricature; Advertisements; Plantation; Advertising; Racism in cartoons; Black people; African Americans in art; African Americans; Collectibles; St. Louis(Mo.); 1940s; Black women; Champagne; Racial bias; Black Americana
Disciplines
Archival Science | History | United States History
Extent
4 pages; 6 1/2 X 5 in.
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Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries. Jpeg and Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Copibook scanner.
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Recommended Citation
Club Plantation, "Club Plantation Souvenir Menu." (1940). African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection – Text. 2.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/carolmundy-text/2
File Location
African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010.
UCF Special Collections Manuscripts - 5th Floor -- CFM2009_02