Hotel New Yorker, Brooklyn Bridge, New York 1941

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Hotel New Yorker, Brooklyn Bridge, New York 1941One of five iconic New York views celebrating four bridges (George Washington Bridge, Bronx Whitestone Bridge, Tri Boro Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge) and the recently completed La Guardia Airport that the Hotel New Yorker produced as menu covers in 1941. The engraving was done by Dr. Joseph Guttman. Dr Joseph Guttman founded the Steelograph engraving company. came to the United States from Europe and created the company in the 1920s. Steelograph

piloted the first inaugural coast to coast flight from here

Six or seven course lunches and dinners were served to passengers in First Class and complimentary cigarettes were offered after take-off and after meals

and the privileges of the shore

the Doric was used for only cruising

This humorous vintage menu illustration showing a Saguaro cactus swaying to the catchy music of marimba dates from 1930s San Francisco

This glamorous girl overboard is a variation on the mermaid theme and decorates the cover of a stylish 1933 menu from The Vulcania ocean liner

a block from the White House

The Latin Quarter

The restaurant was an immediate hit – locals would wait up to 30 minutes for a table

The restaurant re-opened in 1908 but closed its doors once again during prohibition

Tommy Dorsey

It was designed for The Chicken Hut restaurant in Washington DC

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