The Blackhawk, Chicago, 1933 Annual Ball Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

He didn't know but he'd heard it was going to be a parking lot

but the Master of the King’s household would make a note of the dishes that were to be served to the Monarch and his entourage every evening

This is a great example of the creative mastery of vintage menu artists – a delightful chef with a friendly expression on his face soars through the sky-so-blue to feed children who might be excited – or afraid – of their first flight in an aIrplane

The Blackhawk, Chicago, 1933 Annual Ball Winston ChurchillThe Blackhawk opened its doors for the first time in Chicago on December 27, 1920, and generations of Americans eagerly gathered around their radios on Saturday nights to listen to its syndicated show "Live! From the Blackhawk!" Carlton Coon Joe Sanders and the Kansas City Nighthawks were the first house band and the actor and jazz singer Mel Torme, nicknamed the Velvet Fog because of the quality of his voice, debuted there in 1929, at the tender age