Name/Title
Come To Sloppy Joe’s BarEntry/Object ID
1987.01.2079Description
Postcard depicting a naked woman in a trash can. The caption reads, ‘Come to Sloppy Joe’s Bar. Having taken a few too many at a dance, a pretty young thing in Key West ran outdoors, fainted and fell over a trash barrel. A young man saw her, picked her up and carried her to his room. The next morning he sent the following wire to his partner in New York: “Close office. Sell everything. Come to Key West. They throw away better stuff here in Key West than you can buy in New York.”’ The description on the verso reads, ‘Many “Hellos” from the original Sloppy Joe’s Bar, Key West, Florida.’ On the verso there is a pencil drawing of people in a bar with notes that read, ‘Cronies in background; colored helper left; Sloppy Joe in middle; and Hemingway. Approximately 5x3.5 feet’.Subject Place
City
Key WestState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCounty
MonroeCollection
Postcard CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationDimensions
Height
3-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 in
