Name/Title
4th of July CafeEntry/Object ID
2009.30.0093Description
Postcard depicting a Mario Sanchez woodcarving of a man with a wheelbarrow on a street. Signs on the buildings read, ‘Cheche Rosendo’s Meat Market; Banana House; I’d walk a mile for a Camel; 4th of July cafe, pool room and barber shop, club in rear’. The description on the verso reads, 'Mario Sanchez. "4th of July Cafe" - 1964 - Painted Woodcarving. This popular Key West cafe (where the cafe or club was in the rear and pool room and barber shop in front) was on Duval Street between Petronia and Angela Streets (east side). Later it became a furniture store, and in 1964 was the El Paso Restaurant. Adjacent (not in carving) was the office of R. Gomez, Justice of Peace. Mario Sanchez, as a boy, pitched for the R. Gomez Baseball Team (1926), which was considered the best baseball team in south Florida. Gomez furnished the uniforms, Sanchez was manager. The Camel Cigarette sign in this carving was a familiar one in the early days of the 1900's. And the small meat markets and buildings where bananas were hung to ripen, served the then small community plentifully. Collection "El Kiosko", Key West, Florida.'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 CommunicationPostcard Details
Artist/Illustrator
Sanchez, Mario