Flat Iron Restaurant & Café, New York 1905 Kitchen Towel Elephants An early menu from the

An early menu from the Birmingham Coffee House Company Ltd in England’s second city

In an era dominated by flag carriers that were wholly or majority government-owned

Located in a stylish building designed by the famous architect Alfred Newman Beadle V

Legend has it that Metro Goldwyn Meyer’s famous set designer Cedric Gibbons sketched the design of the Oscar statuette on one of the hotel’s napkins

Some 80 people – patrons

Flat Iron Restaurant & Café, New York 1905 Kitchen Towel Elephants An early menu from the1905 Lunch menu from the Flat Iron Restaurant & Caf on a 100% cotton kitchen towel. The iconic triangular Flat Iron Building was built in 1902 and had a basement restaurant that allegedly could seat up to 1500 guests. The restaurant sold souvenir beer steins with an image of the building on one side and an image of a woman with her skirts swirling in the infamous wind that was always billowing around the building. Courtesy Henry Voigt Collection 100%