Pepper Pot, New York 1920s NYPL They both did the work

They both did the work in exchange for abalone dinners

before air-conditioning and foreign travel was the norm

Twelve million immigrants passed through Ellis Island in New York during a sixty-year period from 1892 until 1954

There is also lasagna as a starter

Apparently the authorities were able to overlook the escapade

Pepper Pot, New York 1920s NYPL They both did the workIn 1920s New York, The Pepper Pot restaurant in Greenwich Village was the place to be seen and was rather grandly advertised as A Meeting Place for Interesting and Interested People. It was established by Doc Carlyle Sherlock and his wife Viola when they retired from the silent movie industry in Hollywood. A bohemian space waitresses wore artists smocks and the dcor included Chinese lanterns and bouquets of red peppers strung from a labyrinth of pipes