Gardiner Tavern, Gardiner, Oregon 1920s Cat This 1930s image might have

This 1930s image might have been used in the interior of a menu

people came here throughout The Blitz to dance waltzes or the jitterbug and to forget about the rigors of rationing and blackouts

' It closed its doors in the 1950s

The menu cover was created for the annual day off for attendees of the ABA at Paragon Park

This is one of the beautifully illustrated menus from that golden era

Gardiner Tavern, Gardiner, Oregon 1920s Cat This 1930s image might haveThis jolly waiter wearing dinner suit and spats at the Gardiner Tavern, Oregon, was created by cartoonist Murray Wade, who was born in 1876. An editorial cartoonist for newspapers in Portland and San Francisco, Wades most popular work was a series of caricatures of Oregon legislators. He also worked for Variety magazine. The three story Gardiner Tavern stood on the north bank of the Umpqua river, the principal river of the Oregon coast, and was