Go back

We love to have a crowd

Black and white hand-painted sign featuring an illustration of people walking toward a door under an arch in which the name New Penelope is spelled. At the bottom are the words in large rounded letters, "We love to have a crowd."

Date: 1967
Credit: unknown
Courtesy of Alan Brown

This sandwich board was placed on the sidewalk on Sherbrooke St. during the Sidetrack’s summerlong residence at the New Penelope in 1967.

Transcription:

378 Sherbrooke West/Tel 844-6773
New Penelope
NOW/Sidetrack Electric Bluesband till sept
SOON/Sonny Terry + Brownie McGhee
Plus/Avant-garde boutique
We love to have a crowd