Queen of Bermuda, 1937 Menu Art by Alistair K. MacDonald

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Queen of Bermuda, 1937 Menu Art by Alistair K. MacDonaldAlistair K. MacDonald was born in the Argentine in 1898 to British parents. At the age of two he returned with his parents to live on the Isle of Skye. He became a postcard artist, book illustrator and cartoonist. In the 1920s he was commissioned to do menu covers for Cunard and other shipping lines. This elegant cover is from the Furness Bermuda ship the Queen of Bermuda. MacDonald died in 1947. Courtesy Private Collection. Gallery quality Gicle

and with a continuous two-way traffic of Stork glamorites arriving and departing

Wheeler's Oyster Bar was established in Whitstable

we notice a cub bear

the highest roller of them all

She would always have the same corner table

The Anchor Line carried cargo

With thanks to Chris Hirst for the tip

The Odeon Café was San Francisco’s leading vaudeville restaurant and this lovely Art Nouveau menu cover is dated 1908

This charming late 1950s menu features a dapper pair of owls

” From Dining in New York by Rian James 1930s

playing till 1am every day of the week

The Cockpit Club looks like it was a fun place to wait while a flight was being readied