This 1940s “chicken dictionary” is a marvellous example of the creativity and wit of vintage menu art
Smalls Paradise closed in 1986
marble and tapestries in the first class areas and a French-style multi-level dining saloon
It was refurbished in the 1960s and sold in the 1970s to the Trump Organisation
as a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire
Midland Hotel, Birmingham England 1920s Sizes:50x76cm (20x30 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) This 1940s “chicken dictionary” isThis gorgeous menu cover in jewel colours features characters from a Venetian masked ball, and we believe it is dated during the 1920s. It comes from The Midland Hotel, Birmingham, and features cocktails in fashion during that era many of which we have never heard of. There is Palace Favourite, Bosom Caresser, Prince of Wales, Duke of York and a President Lincoln. Absinthe, the hallucinogenic drink that was known by its nickname Green Fairy, is also