1920s New York Speakeasies Magnets

A zookeeper at the Central Park Zoo sweeps dust off an elephant. New York, 1922.

The Woolworth Building in lower Manhattan at night. 1920.

New York City Police raiding bootleg liquor during the Prohibition era. New York City, 1921.

Vintage 1931 movie poster retro artwork.

Reproduction of a vintage invoice/masthead from a once-upon-a-time hat shop in Greenwich Village, New York, back in the days when everyone wore hats. This was my grandfather's store. The original invoice slip was saved only because my aunt had written a recipe on the back.

The Famous Door was a jazz club on New York's 52nd Street. It opened in 1935 and was one of the major clubs on the street, hosting leading jazz musicians until 1950, through changes of location and periods of closure. The Famous Door opened at 35 West 52nd Street on March 1, 1935. Among its initial backers were the radio bandleader Lennie Hayton, who helped promote it, and musicians Jimmy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. Louis Prima performed on the club's opening night. The club was intended to provide a reliable venue for swing musicians and a place where they could gather, but other customers were attracted by the door inside (autographed by visiting celebrities) which gave the club its name, the fine music, and drinks that started at fifty cent

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Harlem Renaissance, The Cotton Club, Graphic Poster Art

Print from the 1922 Electrical and Industrial Exposition held at the Grand Central Palace of New York City.