The Tea Room, Hochschild, Kohn & Co, Baltimore, 1926 Washington A mixture of coffee bar

A mixture of coffee bar and restaurant

at Louis Sherry's

a German immigrant who pioneered a new type of construction that used reinforced concrete in buildings instead of wood

The hotel later closed in 1995 and reopened again in 1997 after a $65 million extensive renovation

because they were unwelcome in gay bars due to transphobia

The Tea Room, Hochschild, Kohn & Co, Baltimore, 1926 Washington A mixture of coffee barThis 1926 tearoom menu comes from a famous, but now closed, department store called Hochschild, Kohn & Co in Baltimore, Maryland. It was a striking example of the sleek and minimalist art deco movement which had just come into fashion, replacing the more decorative art nouveau style. The main illustration shows a lady in stylish 1920s clothing and hat sitting across the table from her equally stylish gentleman friend. There are wonderful fonts on this