Café Continental, New York 1950s Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) sending telegrams

sending telegrams

returns to the peak of fashion

near Houston Street

the god of the west wind and a symbol of rebirth – revolutionised train travel in America in the 1930s

businessman and politicians came to let their hair down

Café Continental, New York 1950s Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) sending telegramsThe Caf Continental was situated in the Barbizon Plaza Hotel on Central Park South. The cover features an illustration by John Held Jr. (1889 1958) an American cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator, and author. One of the best known magazine illustrators of the 1920s, Held created cheerful art showing his characters dancing, motoring and engaging in fun filled activities. The drawings depicted the flapper era in a way that both satirized and influenced