Table knocker from the Paradise Club

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Paradise Club table knocker in the shape of a small mallet with a small wooden cylinder as a head. The head has four incised lines that run around the head's circumference. The handle, a plain straight stick, has the words "Our Greatest Show / Paradise Club / Atlantic City, N.J. / Where colored stars are made." stamped lengthways along it. Stamped on either side of the text is a faded orange geometric pattern.

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