I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) Properly framed or stored

Properly framed or stored

During its existence (1846-1976)

500 room Hotel New Yorker for its breakfast menu shows that the management knew their clientele very well indeed

Courtesy Private Collecton

Located at 4958 Van Nuys Boulevard

I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) Properly framed or storedAlso available as a portrait format print. 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 known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained