Gardiner Tavern, Gardiner, Oregon 1920s Cat ' It closed its doors

' It closed its doors in the 1950s

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

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

We're not quite sure why a ballerina* is dancing in a champagne glass covered by a top hat but the menu is post-Prohibition

Gardiner Tavern, Gardiner, Oregon 1920s Cat ' It closed its doorsThis 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