This vintage orange metal ashtray comes from the Black Marble Lounge, a South Side Chicago tavern.
The ashtray advertises the lounge at 6900 S. Stony Island Ave., with the phone number FA-4-9780 and the slogan “Coldest Beer On Stony.” The artwork is signed in the lower right corner. A glossy red rim frames the tray, with three cigarette rests and the lounge’s details printed in black across the top.
The “Chicago 49” postal zone and the FA-4 telephone exchange both predate ZIP codes, which arrived in 1963, so the piece likely dates from the 1950s or early 1960s.
This vintage orange metal ashtray comes from the Black Marble Lounge, a South Side Chicago tavern.
The ashtray advertises the lounge at 6900 S. Stony Island Ave., with the phone number FA-4-9780 and the slogan “Coldest Beer On Stony.” The artwork is signed in the lower right corner. A glossy red rim frames the tray, with three cigarette rests and the lounge’s details printed in black across the top.
The “Chicago 49” postal zone and the FA-4 telephone exchange both predate ZIP codes, which arrived in 1963, so the piece likely dates from the 1950s or early 1960s.
