This is a charming example of vintage menu art from a banquet honouring Firefighters
We love the spats on his feet
becoming the world’s first “celebrity”chef
The menu is written in what seems to be a Chinook dialect but there is a joke at the end of the menu
It was established by “Doc” Carlyle Sherlock and his wife Viola when they “retired” from the silent movie industry in Hollywood
Howard Johnson's Liquors, USA 1950s Seafood This is a charming exampleThis is a wonderful drinks menu from Howard Johnson's, once the biggest restaurant chain in the United States. The design and graphics are strikingly simple and elegant a perfect example of the ingenuity of vintage menu artists. Ho Jos, as it was called by customers, began life as a pharmacy and soda fountain in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1925. Businessman Howard Johnson, who had borrowed $2,000 to open the property, realized customers were queuing up