{"product_id":"tiny-naylors-los-angeles-1963","title":"Tiny Naylors, Los Angeles 1963","description":"\u003cp\u003eCartoonist George McManus, famous for creating the comic strip Bringing Up Father, designed this wonderful 1963 menu cover for the Californian restaurant chain Tiny Naylors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTiny – the nickname came from the restaurateur being six foot four and weighing 325 pounds – opened restaurants called Biff’s ( his son’s name) in Oakland and Los Angeles in the late 40s and early 50s. The Tiny Naylor's at Wilshire and Virgil in Los Angeles opened in 1957 and grew to six drive-ins, coffee shops, a dining room and a cocktail lounge – all open 24 hours a day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis cartoon version of Tiny on the menu cover bears some resemblance to McManus’s famous character Jiggs, a working-class Irish immigrant to the US who wins a million dollars in the sweepstakes and reluctantly joins the ranks of the nouveau riche. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe wants to continue going out on the town with his old gang of boisterous, hard-drinking pals but his upwardly mobile wife Maggs has other ideas – and brandishes her rolling pin to keep her wayward husband in line. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe syndicated cartoon series ran for a remarkable 87 years from 1913 to 2000 and was syndicated around the world. After McManus died in 1941, other cartoonists continued the stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of Tiny’s restaurants were built in Googie-style, the type of futuristic architecture that originated in Southern California and was influenced by car culture, jets, the Space Age and the Atomic Age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTiny died in 1959 but we believe his restaurants - both Biff’s and Tiny Naylor’s – continued operating until the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\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\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Love Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491696746662,"sku":"rxz1790051784792","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491696779430,"sku":"spm1790051784793","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491696812198,"sku":"wxh1790051784794","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491696844966,"sku":"kdy1790051784795","price":34.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491696877734,"sku":"fbj1790051784796","price":51.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491696910502,"sku":"obj1790051784797","price":99.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/tiny-naylors-los-angeles-1963_1.webp?v=1790051788","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/tiny-naylors-los-angeles-1963","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}