Hotels Splendide - Royal - Excelsior, Aix-les-Bains, France 1939 Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde

Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well-known absinthe drinkers

Any brand you name

Courtesy Lou Greenstein

matchbooks and ashtrays

The restaurant

Hotels Splendide - Royal - Excelsior, Aix-les-Bains, France 1939 Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Ernest Hemingway and Oscar WildeThe Hotels Splendide, Royal and Excelsior stood next to each other in Aix Les Bains, a French spa town in the foothills of the Alps where wealthy people from all over the world would come to rest and take the waters. In August 1939, when the world was teetering on the edge of the Second World War, there must have been a feeling that these glamorous days were about to end. This vintage menu cover, with its depiction of beautifully attired men and women