I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) " Walter Clark died in

" Walter Clark died in 1990 at the age of 93

located near the Ladies Mile on East 9th and University Place

but advertised the club as "The Wrong Place for the Right People"

Courtesy Private Collecton

I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Sizes:21x21cm (approx. 8x8 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) " Walter Clark died inAlso available as a portrait format print. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained