I Like Gin Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Aden and Madagascar and was

Aden and Madagascar and was eventually scuttled in 1918 after service in the First World War

On either side of the chef is a turkey playing a grill-harp and a duck

were featured on cocktail napkins in the Cellar Bar in the basement of San Francisco’s Geary Theatre

he bet on horses

were all regulars

I Like Gin Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Aden and Madagascar and wasAlso 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