Bottoms Up Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) The King of The Sea

The King of The Sea is a riot of vintage colors and amazing graphics

According to folklore

A cheerful and sprightly owl dressed as a waiter was featured on menus and on other advertising material such as matchbooks

we notice a cub bear

it promoted Gordon’s gin as the base ingredient for many of its cocktails

Bottoms Up Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) The King of The SeaAlso available as a square print. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained popular up to