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Description
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/generalinformation/departments/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
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