Orient Line, Orlando Sails Home, 1953 Kathleen Hale Menu Cover

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Orient Line, Orlando Sails Home, 1953 Kathleen Hale Menu CoverFrom 1938 through the 50s, author and childrens book illustrator Kathleen Hale (1898 2000) published a series of 19 books chronicling the adventures of a marmalade cat called Orlando, his wife Grace and their three kittens: Blanche, Pansy and Tinkle. Her books enchanted generations of children and the familys adventures were also adapted by Hale for six menu covers for the Orient shipping line. The illustrations showed the feline adventurers sailing

helping to make the United States the culturally diverse country it is today

the Hippo Burger closed

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The waiters

he enjoyed the convivial aspects of dining in a restaurant and this illustration perfectly captures an era that is now long gone

"Wimpy Says Keep Smiling" - a reference to the fact that Wimpy was a morose sidekick to Popeye - and they printed the motto on all their menus

We’re not sure when Carter’s Strawberry Resort closed but there are still many other charming places to stay

he operated five restaurants and later opened the Old Absinthe House on West 52nd street

Pandamania indeed

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The SS Siboney plied the New York-Cuba-Mexico route in the 1920s for its owners

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