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Title
Everybody knows the Bowing Chef who greets you with a smile at Ben Hansen's Brentwood Inn
Creator
Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Contributor
Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued
192-?
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information
Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description
Advertising postcard featuring a photo of an African American man in chef's whites posing in a theatrical bow, with one hand extended to the viewer.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Still image
Pre-printed text on message side of card incomplete due to removal of something pasted over it. Remaining text reads, "So extremely unique / BEN HANSEN'S BRENTWOOD INN / [...] all over America for / [...]en and Steak Dinners / Ben [...], Host / Phone [...]T Los Angeles 32640"
Address following caption misprinted as 11976 San Vincente [sic] Blvd., Brentwood Heights Los Angeles, California. Street name is San Vicente Blvd.
Title from caption.
Brentwood, Los Angeles, California :, Ben Hansen's Brentwood Inn
Type
image
Format
1 postcard : photograph, black and white ; 15 x 9 cm
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb6049871c
Language
English
Subject
Restaurants
Advertising postcards
Pictorial works
African Americans
Advertising--Restaurants
Specimens
African American cooks
Palo Alto (Calif.)
Los Angeles (California)
Place
Palo Alto (Calif.)
Los Angeles (California)

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