Paragon Park 1913 - ABA Sea Book 1964 America was an ocean liner

America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and was designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs

35c and 55c in the 1940s

and a number of other bars in the city

which originally looked like a cafe off Route 66

creole spaghetti with sliced frankfurters

Paragon Park 1913 - ABA Sea Book 1964 America was an ocean linerThis fanciful menu cover, dated 1913, was created for the American Bankers Association. It shows an impressively dressed lobster entertaining a group of mermaids. He towers over them with his giant claws but theres a light hearted aspect to it too, as the lobster is balancing a water melon like a juggler. With beautifully drawn clouds and a sailing ship in the distance, its certainly a striking image and typical of the era when dark humor was all the