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Plantation Cafe

CTL-E-0869 · Address · site · 1924-1930s; destroyed by fire spring 1927; later moved to 5060 S. Michigan (1934)

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

'Black and Tan' jazz club; Joe 'King' Oliver played there February 1925-spring 1927.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:venue-plantation-cafe; source research type(s): place.

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