I Like Gin Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) We love the humour in

We love the humour in vintage menu art and this print of Cocktails for Two is a marvellous example

Courtesy Brad Holden

Humour was an essential element of many vintage menu designs and this gentlemanly fish with a cheerful smile graced the cover of the Fish and Chips Café in Portland

the cartoon character created by the American artist E

Toots Shor's had the sporting crowd

I Like Gin Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) We love the humour inAlso 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