United Airlines, MacArthur Park Menu Art by Jo Feher 1950s

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United Airlines, MacArthur Park Menu Art by Jo Feher 1950sArtist Joe Feher (1908 1987) created many pictorials for United Airlines. This menu cover features MacArthur Park, originally named Westlake Park, which was constructed with an artificial lake in Los Angeles in the 1880s. MacArthur Park has been used as a filming location for decades. It was featured in Hard Luck ( 1921) starring Buster Keaton and A Woman of Paris ( 1923) starring Charlie Chaplin. Other movies and TV programs shot there include

A master of site planning and able to turn his eye to any type of building

The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans and Los Angeles

powerful bankers who heavily financed the reconstruction of Paris

We believe the artist’s name was Leslie Morie and he portrayed the dancer as a buxom Rita Hayworth-type figure

which was slang for a vinyl record

he said he came up with the concept of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the flight from Nairobi to London

thousands of white pelicans migrate from lakes in North America to winter in Florida every year to congregate on saline lakes

and there was also gambling – though we’re not sure if that was official or illicit

his whimsical humor is still a joy to behold

the city had a large Russian population and the drinks list of the Russian Bar comprised seven pages and included flips

Their top seller was the famous California Twinburger – cost was 50c in this 1950s menu – as well as various fountain specialties like root beer floats and milk shakes

the restaurant has expanded to 350 seats and has a lobster pound capable of holding 28 tons of crustaceans

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