Breakfast Autocrat, Hotel New Yorker, New York, 1950s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) constant hot and cold running

constant hot and cold running water

men on small salaries - will close after 47 years

Dressed as a waiter

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described as a "gay and continental revue" that was set in Paris

Breakfast Autocrat, Hotel New Yorker, New York, 1950s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) constant hot and cold runningThe Autocrat of the Breakfast Table is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858. They take the form of a one sided dialogue between the author and other residents of a New England Boarding House. This lovely literary nod by the 2,500 room Hotel New Yorker for its breakfast menu shows that the management knew their clientele very well indeed. The 1940s and 1950s saw