I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) of course) casts a languid

of course) casts a languid eye over the proceedings and also seems to be chatting up a glamorous puss as she drinks a cocktail

was born in 1835 and spent his childhood in Hannibal

He died in 1904

Courtesy Lou Greenstein

Clute was in charge of the coffee shop

I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) of course) casts a languidAlso available as a square 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 popular up to