Stork Club
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Stork Club was a nightclub in Manhattan, New York City. During its existence from 1929 to 1965, it became one of the most prestigious clubs in the world. A symbol of café society, the wealthy elite, i
Owner Sherman Billingsley at the Stork Club in 1951
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The club's dining room on East 51st Street in 1933
Membership card, 1932–1933
Sherman Billingsley
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John Sherman Billingsley was an American nightclub owner and former bootlegger who was the founder and owner of New York's Stork Club.
Stork Club
…including movie stars, celebrities, showgirls, and aristocrats all mixed in the VIP 'Cub' Room. The club was established on West 58th Street in 1929 by Sherman Billingsley, a former bootlegger from Enid, Oklahoma. After an incident when Billingsley was kidnapped and held for ransom by Mad Dog Coll, a rival of his mobster…
Billingsley (center table right) among the celebrities in the Stork Club's Cub Room (November 1944)