{"product_id":"jolly-joan-portland-oregon-1940s","title":"Jolly Joan, Portland Oregon 1940s","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJolly Joan, a full-service restaurant and sandwich shop in downtown Portland, Oregon, was renowned for the huge neon sign that hung above its location. This imaginative 1940s menu cover ( the artist's name is given only as Livingston)  shows the sign in all its glory, towering over the other bright lights of downtown, complete with an ever-full steaming cup of coffee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEstablished in the 1930s, Jolly Joan was reportedly the largest restaurant in the state and served over 6,000 customers every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFemale servers and hat check girls wore uniforms – identical dresses complete with flower buttonholes, sensible shoes and ankle socks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe found a fun anecdote online from a man who says his mother was a Jolly Joan Girl who met his father when she served him. He tipped her a penny, the son recalls, and his mother was impressed, thinking he might be a ‘rich guy,’ and later married him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe haven’t yet been able to find out if there was an original Jolly Joan who started the company but as the business grew – thanks to the fact that Portland was a busy seaport with 600 manufacturing industries and lots of people wanting to eat out - it became a large corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJolly Joan closed sometime in the 1970s – we hope someone has preserved that wonderful neon sign.\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 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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57492216316070,"sku":"pcg1790054042963","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57492216348838,"sku":"vap1790054042964","price":22.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57492216381606,"sku":"xwo1790054042965","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57492216414374,"sku":"zvd1790054042966","price":33.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57492216447142,"sku":"mza1790054042967","price":51.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57492216479910,"sku":"tkm1790054042968","price":87.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/jolly-joan-portland-oregon-1940s_1.webp?v=1790054051","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/jolly-joan-portland-oregon-1940s","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}