Combing the virtual catalogues of the internet auction houses is always an interesting pastime. And the illustrations garnered from this source reproduced below are certainly evidence of times past. Long past. I'm fairly sure that the Hurricane Club where the Ellington orchestra performed each season in the mid-40s and from which engagements, many recorded broadcasts survive, became the Club Zanzibar. They certainly share an attitude to 'Zanzibeauts' which has not aged well!

1943 DAVE WOLPER'S HURRICANE New York Nightclub Souvenir Book DUKE ELLINGTON

Description

16 page souvenir book of DAVE WOLPER'S HURRICANE, Broadway at 49th Street, New York, was published in 1943 and features a caricature of Duke Ellington on the rear cover. There is a biography of Ellington in the text as well as articles about his band members, the June Taylor Dancers, Dave Wolper and his staff, photographs of other performers and musicians, and photographs of the Hurricane Beauties by Bruno of Hollywood. Inserted into the front cover is a wooden HURRICANE cocktail fork The souvenir book measures 9 x 12" and is in good condition with light soiling along the edges and a vertical bend at center where the book had been folded. There is a spot at the bottom edge, left on the front cover. Wolper's ink stamp with the initials DJW is printed at bottom, left on the front cover. The souvenir book is shown actual size in the scans.