Table knocker from the Paradise Club: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1919-1959
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Paradise Club, American, founded 1919
• Type: musical instruments
• Type: noisemakers
• Medium: pigment on wood
• Dimensions: L x W: 7 1/2 × 3/4 in. (19.1 × 1.9 cm)
• Place used: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Amusements
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Popular music
• Object number: 2013.223.67
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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