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Ricketts, Chicago 1930sMary Ricketts opened her first dining establishment in Chicago in 1898. Her three sons followed her into the hospitality business and operated some of the citys most popular restaurants. This imaginative menu cover is from the 1930s the golden era of menu design and reflects the happy go lucky spirit of post Prohibition Chicago. Courtesy Private Collection. Gallery quality Gicle print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free

"Poverty is a luxury in Montparnasse"

the railroad tycoon and founder of the New York Central Railroad System

a fisherman and a Chinese lady serving a pot of steaming rice

which was opened in 1740 as a small inn catering to the market porters of Les Halles in the center of Paris

His restaurants

flocked to the hotel for its superb levels of service and dining

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

This 1930s image might have been used in the interior of a menu

on Commercial street

This illustrated version was created by LA based artist Terry Stafford in the mid 1920s

Streamlined both for aesthetic reasons and for efficiency – the distinctive shape also reduced air resistance

Pflueger was contracted to create for the Bal Tabarin nightclub a stage for live music and dance shows

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