{"product_id":"bal-tabarin-new-york-1950s","title":"Bal Tabarin, New York 1950s","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFrench brothers Jean ‘Johnny,’ Laurent and Armand Hourcle operated the Bal Tabarin nightclub in New York City in the 1940s. Located at 225 West 46\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStreet, there were nightly floor shows featuring Can Can girls – female dancers performing high kicks and moving their skirts around their legs to show off their undergarments. Music was provided by not one but two orchestras. Dinner was served till late, and the minimum spend per head was $6 in what was billed as the city’s only French nightclub.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThere were several Bal Tabarin nightclubs across the US during this era. Bal Tabarin is the French phrase for a Fool’s Ball - the name signaled reckless revelry. These outposts were tributes to the mythical original Bal Tabarin music hall in Paris in the city’s 9\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003earrondissement that featured stars like Josephine Baker (1906 -1975), one of the first African American entertainers to achieve acclaim on stage and in the movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAs an expatriate vaudevillian in Paris, Baker performed for integrated audiences of American and French troops and worked for the French Resistance during WWII, receiving the Croix de Guerre for her efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe cabaret at the Bal Tabarin in midtown Manhattan looks like it was a lot of fun and advertised itself as a bit of ‘Gay Paris in New York.’ The artwork on this menu cover mentions Phil May (1864-1903), a British cartoonist who helped create the modern, humorous cartoonist. Below is the signature – Pen pression -so we this must have been a tribute to May’s work. It closed in the 1950s thanks, some say, to the advent of television.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeff Rosenberg \u003c\/span\u003eCollection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57492228833446,"sku":"gne1790054126899","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57492228866214,"sku":"ymz1790054126900","price":18.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57492228898982,"sku":"nsf1790054126901","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57492228931750,"sku":"cpr1790054126902","price":33.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57492228964518,"sku":"vkf1790054126903","price":55.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57492228997286,"sku":"qdc1790054126904","price":90.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/bal-tabarin-new-york-1950s_1.webp?v=1790054132","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/bal-tabarin-new-york-1950s","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}