Drinks Are On Me Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] 1947 The peak year for immigration

The peak year for immigration was 1907 when more than a million people were processed

This menu is dated during this period and it shows the food that was specially prepared for King George – it includes mutton

For more see this New Haven Railroad site

The Café De Paris in London opened in 1924 and became England’s smartest and most exclusive establishment where wealthy patrons came to dine

Drinks Are On Me Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] 1947 The peak year for immigrationAlso 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