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Smalls Paradise

    Black and white postcard of the Paradise Room, likely printed in the 1930s. Numerous tables, each with a white tablecloth, menu, and hairpin side chairs, fill up the spacious room. A photo of Ed Smalls, in coat and tie, appears in the top-right corner of the postcard.

    The Paradise Room at Smalls Paradise in New York. The man pictured at upper right is Ed Smalls, founder of the club and its owner. While working here, Malcolm Little learned the nuances of New York’s numbers racket. Smalls fired him in the fall of 1943.

    Likely 1930s
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Attribution/Credit

    Eagle Post Card View Co., New York, via “Smalls Paradise,” Wikipedia