Morning After The Night Before Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) This 1940s “chicken dictionary” is

This 1940s “chicken dictionary” is a marvellous example of the creativity and wit of vintage menu art

Schrafft’s began life as a candy manufacturer in Boston and in 1898 one its salesmen

Founded as a scheduled air mail and passenger service operating between Key West

A quart of Roederer champagne was eight shillings and a glass of sarsaparilla cost sixpence

located near the Ladies Mile on East 9th and University Place

Morning After The Night Before Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) This 1940s “chicken dictionary” isAlso 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