Pfeiffer's Russian Bar Buffalo, New York 1940s Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) After several changes of management

After several changes of management it closed in 1972

Allsweet margarine

and peace and a measure of prosperity had returned

people came here throughout The Blitz to dance waltzes or the jitterbug and to forget about the rigours of rationing and blackouts

Pfeiffer's Russian Bar Buffalo, New York 1940s Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) After several changes of managementThis simple but striking design, with its clean lines and bold colours, is a great example of the modernist style or perhaps something between modernism and art deco. Moving away from excessive detail and ornament, we see growing use of modernism in commercial art and design from the 1940s onwards, particularly by the 1950s. At the time of this menu, Buffalo, New York, had a large Russian population. The drinks list of the Russian Bar totalled seven