Drinks Are On Me Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) a German immigrant who pioneered

a German immigrant who pioneered a new type of construction that used reinforced concrete in buildings instead of wood

This imaginative menu cover is from the 1930s – the golden era of menu design – and reflects the happy-go-lucky spirit of post-Prohibition Chicago

published in 1891

is a perfect example of the creative mastery of vintage menu and restaurant accessory artists

senators and aristocrats would go out drinking at unsavory bars and then buy oyster loaves as peace offerings before heading home to their wives waiting in mansions in Nob Hill

Drinks Are On Me Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) a German immigrant who pioneeredAlso available as a portrait format print. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained