McDonnell's Drive-in, Los Angeles, 1940s Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) This 1973 menu

This 1973 menu

ascending a grand marble staircase

Various examples of solid oak wall panelling from the Doric today still decorate the St Julian's Arms on Caerleon Road in Newport

Diners entered from Shaftesbury Avenue

It depicts two fishermen on an outrigger and was created for the Matson Line whose route was San Francisco

McDonnell's Drive-in, Los Angeles, 1940s Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) This 1973 menu"Rusty" McDonnell operated a chain of drive ins in the Los Angeles area during the 30s and 40s, long before the fast food behemoth McDonalds came on the scene. His restaurants, designed by the revered architect Wayne McAllister, were fabulously kitsch and garish and customers could spot their huge neon signs from miles away. McDonnell employed a local artist to sketch whimsical interpretations of the car hops or waiters that served cokes, hamburgers