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The Ottawa Club Baths (3,000 members) was raided in May 1976 by the police. [3] The facility in Toronto was one of four bathhouses raided on February 5, 1981, in a police action known as Operation Soap. [4] 3,000 men visited the San Francisco Club Baths every week before it closed down. [5]
New Orleans. The Boston Club (1841), oldest in the South. [202] The Elkin Club (1832–1838), vicinity of Bayou St. John; Louisiana Debating and Literary Association (1877) [203] Le Moyne de Bienville Club (1964) [204] The New Orleans Athletic Club (1872) [205] [206] The Pelican Club (1843–1865) closed during the Civil War; The Pickwick Club ...
The Boston Club is an exclusive private gentlemen's club in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, founded in 1841 as a place for its white members to congregate and partake in the fashionable card game of Boston. It is the third oldest City Club in the United States, after the Philadelphia Club (1834) and Union Club of the City of New York (1836). [1]
The Pickwick Club New Orleans, LA The Times Picayune Wed Apr 13 1859 The Elkin Club, named after Harvey Elkin, was founded in 1832 by a group of Harvey's friends who purchased "Elkinville" after Mr. Elkin encountered financial difficulty, these men included John Slidell , John Randolph Grymes , and Glendy Burke ; and was the first official ...
The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club (founded 1916) is a fraternal organization in New Orleans, Louisiana which puts on the Zulu parade each year on Mardi Gras Day. Zulu is New Orleans' largest predominantly African American carnival organization known for its krewe members wearing grass skirts and its unique throw of hand-painted coconuts. [1]
The Dew Drop Inn, at 2836 LaSalle Street, in the Faubourg Delassize section of Central City neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a former hotel and nightclub that operated between 1939 and 1970, and is noted as "the most important and influential club" in the development of rhythm and blues music in the city in the post-war period.
In 1929, a new building was built at its present location and the club became known as the New Orleans Athletic Club. [4] NOAC hosted the LHSAA state wrestling tournament in 1945 and 1947 to 1968. [9] In addition to athletic events, NOAC hosts charity balls and events in its ballroom. [10] In 1991, the club opened membership to women. [2]
In the late 1940's, the Wonder Club was renamed to Club My-O-My. [1] The name Club My-O-My was in use as early as October 1947, when it appeared in Billboard magazine. [3] On May 4, 1948, Club My-O-My was badly damaged by a fire, but was rebuilt shortly thereafter. [4] [5] Club My-O-My had a sheriff assigned to keep watch at the front door for ...