Does the acute accent mark ´ within the "Dinner $1.50" sign outside this picture of the 1930s Cotton Club in NYC indicate anything, such as tip included, or in addition to a cover charge?

by xaplexus

https://www.art-prints-on-demand.com/a/thecottonclubinharlemnewy-1.html&KK_COLLECT_ID=1082

I know $1^(50) was a common format at the time to indicate a price of $1.50, but perhaps there was some understood meaning of the acute accent mark enclosed below the ^(50) .

Of course, the designer could simply have filled the empty space below the ^(50) for appearances.

Note also: "SEPIAN STARS" !

itsallfolklore

I don't take that to be an accent mark. It is a whimsical underline of the 50, standing in for 50/100, meaning fifty cents.

Sepia is a brown pigment; a reference to 50 sepian stars indicates that there are 50 African American performers. The Cotton Club was a nightclub open between 1923 and 1940 in New York's Midtown Theatre District. It was famous for its African American performers and launched many notable careers.