Breakfast Autocrat, Hotel New Yorker, New York, 1950s

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Breakfast Autocrat, Hotel New Yorker, New York, 1950sThe Autocrat of the Breakfast Table is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858. They take the form of a one sided dialogue between the author and other residents of a New England Boarding House. This lovely literary nod by the 2,500 room Hotel New Yorker for its breakfast menu shows that the management knew their clientele very well indeed. The 1940s and 1950s saw

which someone saved as a reminder of a birthday party in 1933

a famous Chinese herbalist in San Francisco

preparing to dive with two other hands and holding his nose with a fifth

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and remains one of New Orleans' most cherished institutions

In the bake shop was an automatic weigher

who obviously considered themselves super-groovy

It is often called "Old Sober" due to its reputation as a hangover cure

mostly from the Canton region of Southern China

in 1856 by Richard Leggy Wheeler

hot cakes and breakfast

Each print is accompanied by a copy of the menu cover