Halle Gilbert

hospitality archives

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Matchbooks from the American roadside.

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Birdland, New York, 1950s. Named after their regular headliner, Charlie "Bird" Parker.

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O'Reilly's, New York, 1942.
Shot by Marjory Collins.

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There isn’t much pre-demo, but “round” sums it up.

[Bob Golen @BobGolen]

I wonder what the ceiling looked like

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@TheLaurenBrady Oh boy, I'm a sucker for an aquatic back bar. I'll be digging into this!

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Fred Harvey menus, Santa Fe, NM, 1950-70.

The first standardized restaurant chain in America, started along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.

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@ribbitmag *cries in ephemera*

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The many shapes of the American menu.

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@DoomConnoisseur Good catch. Please enjoy Pickin' Chicken, Miami Beach.

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@iowahawkblog Yes! Actually found this via their postcard exhibition:
https://t.co/rS41XCMn7b

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Tip Top Tap, Allerton Hotel, Chicago, 1948.

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@realleescoggins @iowahawkblog Simply perfection!

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Don't talk to me until I've had my morning cup of St. Louis.

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@pathfinder17m Santa Fe Dining Car 🙌

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Oh!

[Counter-Print @Counterprint]

Some stickers taken from this new book called Hotel Retro – you heard that right. The whole book is full of stickers. ✨ https://t.co/5XMmV3HpQZ

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Rocky Mountain Rocket, 1940s.

Chicago → Denver → Colorado Springs

[Bandy @bandy1803]

Bar in the Sheridan Inn, c.1960

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Duck Inn, Richmond, Wisconsin, 1968

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Lulu Belle’s Old West Bar
Scottsdale, AZ c. 1967.