Martini Parade, Manson's Chicago 1945 Mayflower Donuts using pot lids as cymbals

using pot lids as cymbals and drumming on a metal casserole dish

a menu cover but we could not resist offering this delightful little coconut face as a print

This is a gorgeous menu cover created for the Parisian restaurant D’Agorno by late 19th century French artist Édouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan

Arthur and Virginia Wells bought the restaurant in 1938 from one Captain Cain

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Martini Parade, Manson's Chicago 1945 Mayflower Donuts using pot lids as cymbalsProbably the most iconic cocktail in the world, the martini is celebrated in this witty image from Manson's restaurant in Chicago in 1945. Manson's billed itself as Your Downtown Dining Room. They also had an intriguingly named Aviary Cocktail Lounge. A humorous take on street parades popular in America during the summer months, the martini is awarded First Prize in the Cocktail Parade and is carried atop a flower strewn vehicle like a beauty queen.