A sepia-toned photograph of the Bamboo Room's exterior sign at Highland Beach, ca. 1930s — the letters BAMBOO ROOM cut from bamboo pieces, framed in bamboo poles, with the stucco building behind

The Bamboo Room sign

ca. 1935

Highland Beach, foot of Sandy Hook

The signature exterior sign of William Sandlass Jr.'s Bamboo Room at Highland Beach, ca. 1930s. The letters spelling BAMBOO ROOM are themselves cut from bamboo, framed and hung inside a border of full bamboo poles — the visual thesis of the room made literal in the sign. Bamboo shipped from Cuba on William's own trip in the twenties gave the room its interior walls, furniture, and, on the way in, its first impression.

Item record

Title: The Bamboo Room sign
Date: ca. 1935
Source: Sandlass Family Collection · via ATH archive
Contributor: Sandlass Family Collection
Rights: Sandlass Family Collection — permission granted for ATH publication
Slug: hb-family-bamboo-room-sign

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The Bamboo Room sign (ca. 1935). Sandlass Family Collection · via ATH archive The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/hb-family-bamboo-room-sign/.