Café Continental, New York 1950s 1940s he got a job washing

he got a job washing dishes to make ends meet

This menu is dated about six years before Queen Victoria’s death and illustrates the grandeur of life in a Royal residence

Pablo Picasso

It started out as a tavern in the 1820s growing into a luxury 600 room hotel which played host to at least fifteen Presidents including Andrew Jackson

Its military theme was a celebration of the Franco-Russian Alliance

Café Continental, New York 1950s 1940s he got a job washingThe Caf Continental was situated in the Barbizon Plaza Hotel on Central Park South. The cover features an illustration by John Held Jr. (1889 1958) an American cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator, and author. One of the best known magazine illustrators of the 1920s, Held created cheerful art showing his characters dancing, motoring and engaging in fun filled activities. The drawings depicted the flapper era in a way that both satirized and influenced