{"product_id":"el-dumpo-chicago-1940s","title":"El Dumpo, Chicago 1940s","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEl Dumpo, a nightclub in Chicago, deliberately made fun of its customers – and itself. The establishment boasted that it didn’t serve the finest food in the world, didn’t have the finest wines and liquors obtainable and its waiters weren’t the most efficient nor the most honest in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGag menus like this were part of a trend that started in the 1930s as a reaction to the so-called café society – the glamorous people and celebrities who frequented fashionable restaurants and bars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIf the average man or woman couldn’t afford to be part of café society – who cared? There were plenty of fun places like El Dumpo to enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eComedian Joey Bishop, a founder member of Frank Sinatra’s Ratpack and who went on to become the Master of Ceremonies at President John F Kennedy’s inaugural ball, polished his career here in cabaret, singing and tell jokes for a salary of $100 a week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThere was also an orchestra and show girls. It must have been quite a place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe don’t have a definitive date for this menu but think it was from the 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach print is accompanied by a copy of the interior menu or cover.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Love Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491685769382,"sku":"llo1790051650632","price":18.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491685802150,"sku":"ozy1790051650633","price":21.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491685834918,"sku":"rie1790051650634","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491685867686,"sku":"tir1790051650635","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491685900454,"sku":"gyf1790051650636","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491685933222,"sku":"dvg1790051650637","price":86.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/el-dumpo-chicago-1940s_1.webp?v=1790051654","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/el-dumpo-chicago-1940s","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}