I'm In The Dog House Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) the SS Australis

the SS Australis

At Frenchy’s Black Cat Cafe the local newspaper reported that the choice of starter on the fixed lunch menu was "cocktail or soup” which makes us laugh

but it would have been a good way to grab people’s attention since eating fried chicken wasn’t particularly common during this era

its meaning must have gladdened the hearts of many those sitting in that noisy dining hall

Carole Lombard

I'm In The Dog House Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) the SS AustralisAlso 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