Photograph of a man and two female performers seated at a table at Club 845

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a man and two (2) female performers seated at a table at Club 845. The group is seated behind two (2) small tables covered with white table cloths. On the table in front of them are several glasses, small plates, and a teapot. They are depicted from the waist up. The man is centrally depicted with the women seated on either side of him. He is wearing a white jacket, a white collared shirt, and a patterned bow tie. The man in the center rests both hands on the edge of the table and he is looking towards the woman depicted on the right side of the image. Both women are wearing matching costumes with a strapless bodice and the proper left shoulder and arm covered in a fringed garment with the fringe tiers falling in diagonal white and medium toned stripes.

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