Pink Elephants (Bottoms Up Pride Edition), Various Bars, San Francisco, 1930s Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) while the diner draped his

while the diner draped his head with a linen napkin to preserve the precious aromas and

It was sold in 1919 to the builders of the nearby Ambassador Hotel

mostly Northern European cruises

customers who had this souvenir menu were urged to “mail one to your Eastern or Foreign friends

The legacy of Mike Lyman’s Grills has been further cemented by two tidbits of literary history

Pink Elephants (Bottoms Up Pride Edition), Various Bars, San Francisco, 1930s Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) while the diner draped hisA special Pride edition of one of our Pink Elephant prints! 50% from the sale of these prints goes to the LGBT Foundation. 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