Identifier	clloy_199
Title	Frank Sebastian's new Cotton Club
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1930
Subject (Topic)	Restaurants--California--Culver City; Dance halls--California--Culver City
Subject (Name)	Cotton Club (Culver City, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Culver City (Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co.
Place of Publication	Milwaukee
Language	eng
Description	An interior view of Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club located in Culver City, California. Tables and chairs are arranged around a central dance floor, with a bandstand at the end of the room, and the ceiling is draped with colorful striped fabric.
Historical Background	Culver City was developed on land that was formerly part of Rancho La Ballona, belonging to the Machado and Talamantes families, and Rinc??n de Los Bueyes, which belonged to the Higuera and Lopez families. In 1913, Harry H. Culver, who had been working in a real estate firm in Van Nuys, announced his plans to create a city midway between downtown Los Angeles and the beachside resort town of Venice. The location consisted of only 1.2 square miles, but was located along railroad tracks and other transportation routes, and in a temperate area. He formed the Culver Investment Company, and began working to create a community that balanced commercial and residential interests. Over the next fifty years, the city would prosper and grow in size to about five square miles. In 1915, Culver convinced Thomas Ince to move his Inceville movie studios to the new community, and throughout Culver City's early years, movie studios provided the economic base for the area. Culver City incorporated in 1917. During the 1920s and 1930s, a number of night clubs and speakeasies sprung up along Washington Blvd. The most famous of these was Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club, located on Washington Blvd. at National. The club offered valet parking, three dance floors, and full orchestras, and featured performers such as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 2653-N
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection