The Tea Room, Hochschild, Kohn & Co, Baltimore, 1926 Totem Pole Cole Porter and Helena Rubenstein

Cole Porter and Helena Rubenstein were among those who frequented the City of Light’s brasseries

We can imagine enraptured audiences listening to these great musicians while drinking Sazeracs or the hotel's famous Ramos Gin Fizz

But no Frenchman or lady would let all of this get in the way of a good lunch or dinner

the fourth President of the United States

The Tea Room, Hochschild, Kohn & Co, Baltimore, 1926 Totem Pole Cole Porter and Helena RubensteinThis 1926 tearoom menu comes from a famous, but now closed, department store called Hochschild, Kohn & Co in Baltimore, Maryland. It was a striking example of the sleek and minimalist art deco movement which had just come into fashion, replacing the more decorative art nouveau style. The main illustration shows a lady in stylish 1920s clothing and hat sitting across the table from her equally stylish gentleman friend. There are wonderful fonts on this