Title supplied by cataloger. Photographer's caption reads, "Most of the time, The Monte Carlo Restaurant Cabaret doors are closed. On Fairfax Avenue, a block north of Wilshire Boulevard, is a Russian night club open only for private parties. This special evening was the 100th birthday celebration of Raia Markovitch, a prominent matriarch who arrived in Los Angeles in 1942. Caviar, a variety of Russian food, with wine and large bottles of vodka were on every table. Between entrees was a short break for music, and dancing followed by a continuation of the banquet. During these final dishes a Russian cabaret show was performed, complete with colorful costumes, a comical master of ceremonies, opera singers, folk singers, violinist, can-can, and traditional folk dancers."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;22 x 32 cm. on sheet 28 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Monte Carlo Restaurant-Cabaret (Los Angeles, Calif.) Birthday parties--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles Folk dancing, Russian--California--Los Angeles Dinners and dining--California--Los Angeles Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs
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