Port Arthur, New York, 1920s August the area of London around

the area of London around Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square was strafed by bombs and a German pilot dropped two bombs that crashed through the roof of the building

A cache of these unused vintage menus was discovered

600 of them working around the UK and there were 800 to 900 Nippy marriages a year between waitresses and their customers

founded by businessman and philanthropist Jerome Hosmer Remnick

potatoes and beef tea

Port Arthur, New York, 1920s August the area of London aroundA Chinese immigrant, Chu Gam Fai, established The Port Arthur Restaurant on New York's Mott Street in 1897, naming it after his home city on China's northeast coast. With a garish pagoda style frontage, the property stood out among the joss houses, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and gambling parlors of the Lower East Side. Located on the second and third floors of 7 9 Mott Street, it became a magnet for "slummers" American tourists looking to do