Hotel Statler, Boston 1930s Menu Art Gypsy Portly men brandish glasses of

Portly men brandish glasses of claret or chomp cigars alongside their pretty wives and we love the solemn waiters in formal dress

the Chinese restaurants were famous for their take-out service

famous songs were written on the table covers by Tin Pan Alley chiefs between cups of black coffee

The magazine said the go-go girls at Ched's were "WILD

Hotel Statler, Boston 1930s Menu Art Gypsy Portly men brandish glasses ofThis beautiful vintage menu cover in art deco style comes from the former Hotel Statler in Boston and dates from the 1930s. It shows two very elegant ladies and a gentleman at supper. The Statler was constructed in 1925 by the visionary businessman E M Statler whose chain of hotels catered to a population that had become more mobile thanks to the automobile. He was the first to introduce hotel rooms with private baths and he also invented the do not