{"product_id":"agua-caliente-tijuana-mexico-1934","title":"Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico, 1934","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1928, a luxury hotel and casino opened in Tijuana, Mexico, that attracted Hollywood stars such as Laurel and Hardy, Charles Chaplin and Marlene Dietrich. Built in a mix of Mexican and Californian architecture, it remained a playground of the rich and famous for many years. The Agua Caliente racetrack, where Seabiscuit and Phar Lap raced, provided further entertainment. This menu cover of the stars and Hollywood movers and shakers who patronized the resort was drawn by the amazingly talented Xavier Cugat. Not only was he an exceptional cartoonist, he was also an actor and, as a band leader, became a pioneer of Latin-American dance music. In a career spanning eight decades, he was a violinist with the Teatro Nacional de Havana, a recording star who helped to popularize the tango, the rumba, the mambo and the cha-cha-cha. This menu cover, from 1934, records some of the famous names who stayed at the resort – though presumably not all at the same time. We've identified some of them – Irving Berlin, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Durante, Louis B Meyer, Marlene Dietrich and Cecil B De Mille and are leaving the rest for you to guess who they are. Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling in 1935 and closed the resort. It became a school and eventually fell into disrepair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"under_image\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach print is accompanied by a copy of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- END UNDER IMAGE --\u003e","brand":"Love Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"Agua Caliente Archival Print 11x14 (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491512000678,"sku":"wdg1790050563686","price":23.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Agua Caliente Archival Print 13x19 (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491512033446,"sku":"jel1790050563687","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Agua Caliente Archival Print 16x20 (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491512066214,"sku":"hso1790050563688","price":33.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/agua-caliente-tijuana-mexico-1934_1.webp?v=1790050567","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/agua-caliente-tijuana-mexico-1934","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}