Printed card issued by the Apex Nite Club of Los Angeles during Prohibition thanking patrons for observing the 18th Amendment

• 1930?

• Mosby, Curtis, 1888-1957

• Turner, Steve (Art dealer)

1 card : illustrations ; 10 x 17 cm, mounted on sheet 12 x 20 cm

text

Mounted on paper sheet with manuscript note: Jordie's six months (July 1930 - Jan. 1931) as radio announcer at KGFJ - Apex Nite Club."

Text reads: "Glad you dropped in. Hope you have a pleasant time. We will help you and you can help us by observing the 18th Amendment. Thank you!"

The Apex Nite Club was opened in 1928 by jazz drummer and bandleader Curtis Mosby on Central Avenue next to the Dunbar Hotel in the heart of the African American community in Los Angeles

"Curtis Mosby, Manager"

• California
• Los Angeles (California)

• Apex Nite Club (Los Angeles)

• African Americans
• African Americans--Social life and customs
• History
• Popular works
• Prohibition
• Sources

• text

• English

Mms: 991004645269706535

[Los Angeles, Calif] :, [publisher not identified],

Public domain (US)

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2024-07-20