Bottoms Up Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) nightclubs and gambling parlors of

nightclubs and gambling parlors of the Lower East Side

The finely clothed French gentleman on the right asks his companion

Rollerball

came from the popular Wolfie's restaurant in Cocoa Beach

Proser's chain included locations in Miami Beach

Bottoms Up Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) nightclubs and gambling parlors ofAlso available as a square 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 popular up to