[MUSIC]. Mandolin & Banjo Club of the Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, N.Y. Trenton, NJ: Tho's. Maddock's Sons, 1910.

Approx. 7 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. Opening diam. 4 1/4 in. ceramic loving cup (chip with crack at rim, some cracking to glaze/enamel, light wear to gilding). Inscription commemorates the Second Annual Dinner on 23 April 1910. Decorated with a portrait of a Black banjo player and white guitar player.

An article in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the soiree the next day (24 April 1910), noting in the subtitles: "Mandolin and Banjo Organization Enjoy Much Fun at a Dinner. Loving Cups as Souvenirs." The club was lauded, the reporting averring that the "club occupies an enviable position in Brooklyn and is probably the most sought for amateur musical organization in this section of the country." A very thorough recounting of events recorded the evening's entertainment as "a clever quartet of colored musicians which entertained the diners all evening.

Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States

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[MUSIC]. Mandolin & Banjo Club of the Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, N.Y. Trenton, NJ: Tho's. Maddock's Sons, 1910.

African Americana

[MUSIC]. Mandolin & Banjo Club of the Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, N.Y. Trenton, NJ: Tho's. Maddock's Sons, 1910.

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