simple line drawings and cocktails is written with a flourish
before air-conditioning and foreign travel was the norm
This unusual vintage menu cover of mudheads examining a bottle of champagne was used on the drinks list at a Fred Harvey restaurant in Santa Fe
it was the place where high society sophisticates
a Broadway stars in the 1940s who spoke to the New York Times
The Press Club Annual Dinner, feat. Winston Churchill, London, 1903 Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) simple line drawings and cocktailsFounded in 1882, The Press Club was one of Londons famed gentlemans clubs; based near Fleet Street it was primarily for journalists, and had a reputation as one of the most raucous clubs in town (which shouldnt surprise anyone who knows any journalists). The menu cover for its 1903 dinner, held at the grand Hotel Cecil on the Strand, just down the road from Fleet Street, hints at the lavish food and drink on offer. Inside we find a menu full of