Mon Lay Won Co, New York, 1910 Menu Art Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) There was room for just

There was room for just over 800 passengers on the Monarch of Bermuda which sailed from New York to Bermuda and it was luxury all the way

Nor did the inventiveness end there – the drinks list is chicken-themed too

so this seems to have been a promotion dreamed up by the proprietor

once they had been given the once-over by the nightclub impresario or one of his lieutenants

Great design is timeless

Mon Lay Won Co, New York, 1910 Menu Art Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) There was room for justMon Lay Won was an upscale Chinese restaurant at 24 Pell Street in New York, popular at the turn of the last century. Its owner, whose name was unpronounceable to most Americans and who was called Jimmy, shrewdly called it The Chinese Delmonico's as part of a marketing strategy to attract non Chinese customers. It must have been an exotic place to visit. The ceilings were adorned with lanterns, there were carved dragons on the walls and people sat on