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Sign from The Hippopotamus, known locally as Club Hippo, an LGBTQ+ nightclub on the southwest corner of North Charles and Eager Streets in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1978 to 2015. The sign bears the image of the club's mascot and namesake, Hyacinth Hippo of the 1940 Walt Disney film, Fantasia.

Sign

Description

Sign from The Hippopotamus, known locally as Club Hippo, an LGBTQ+ nightclub on the southwest corner of North Charles and Eager Streets in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1978 to 2015. The sign bears the image of the club's mascot and namesake, Hyacinth Hippo of the 1940 Walt Disney film, Fantasia.

Creator

Date

circa 1970s

Materials

Plexiglass

Dimensions

47.5 x 72.5 inches

Object ID

2015.19

Resource ID

11853

Notes

LGBTQ life

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Charles L. Bowers

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.