Nightclubs

European leaders from England, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Germany, Austria, and Turkey are among the crowd enjoying the entertainments at the “Casino Del’ Europe.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

Carl Hassman, Puck Magazine’s Viennese import who specialized in statements more than cartoons, often apocalyptic and frequently in poster styles, combined those attributes in this cartoon featuring the world’s monarchs in a fantasized setting. Royals and nobility sit, primping and resplendent in their medals and finery, at an imaginary casino.

A man and a woman are engaged in a wild modern dance, with the woman flipping upside down, on a dance floor with nearby tables and patrons at a nightclub. In the background are a few bored men. Caption: Blase Gentleman (in background) — Aw, let’s go some place where it’s a bit lively!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-02-07

People dine at sidewalk cafes and dance at a hotel rooftop cabaret, while lovers stroll in the moonlight at Riverside Park. Raymond Crawford Ewer sketches from life New York 1914. Caption: Hotel-top and other views to show that the stay-at-home New Yorker is not to be pitied.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-08-22