McDonnell's Drive-in, Los Angeles, 1940s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) ink blotters (this is one)

ink blotters (this is one) swizzle sticks

grasping a rose between his teeth

The iconic triangular Flat Iron Building was built in 1902 and had a basement restaurant that allegedly could seat up to 1500 guests

6-foot-wide tube was sunk 65 feet under the ground to the East River

Some historians believe it was invented by a bartender who worked in a bar on Broadway

McDonnell's Drive-in, Los Angeles, 1940s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) ink blotters (this is one)"Rusty" McDonnell operated a chain of drive ins in the Los Angeles area during the 30s and 40s, long before the fast food behemoth McDonalds came on the scene. His restaurants, designed by the revered architect Wayne McAllister, were fabulously kitsch and garish and customers could spot their huge neon signs from miles away. McDonnell employed a local artist to sketch whimsical interpretations of the car hops or waiters that served cokes, hamburgers