Morning After The Night Before Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) Kelly’s job was to control

Kelly’s job was to control the crowds and pitch pennies at the man who would eventually become one of the greatest songwriters in American history in the hope that customers would follow suit

This 1940s menu cover by folk artist Charles Jerred

they wanted to forget about WW2 and let their hair down

and dishes include Windsor soup

The rather magnificent cat on the front and back of the menu cover also featured on a neon sign on the outside of the restaurant and on the establishment’s advertisements in newspapers

Morning After The Night Before Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) Kelly’s job was to controlAlso available as a portrait format 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