Alamo Plaza, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1950s

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Alamo Plaza, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1950sEverything about this menu illustration is wonderful the name of the restaurant spelled out with the rope of a lasso, the bucking horse raising clouds of dust and a plump chested cowboy as the centerpiece. In his stetson, chaps, cowboy boots and spurs, not to mention the smoking gun that he is holding, this is one funky chicken. The Alamo Plaza was a chain of independently owned motels that depended on the personalities of its owners, according to the

liquor and beer were served - though Prohibition laws in many states restricted when these beverages could be served

the year of the Battle of Gettysburg

hidden in wall space

a famous entertainer and illustrator of the period

" The New Yorker also had its own print shop that produced classic menus like these four from 1942

They got special treatment all right

Patriotism was of paramount importance and the Hotel New Yorker menus reminded everyone that America had many resources to call on in times of war including arms

In the restaurant's main room

Ardizzone was an admired writer and illustrator of children's stories and other books

when he fell in with Joe Jot

The Alamo Plaza was a chain of independently owned motels that depended on the personalities of its owners

The interior menu is beautifully illustrated too

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