Hotel Statler, Boston 1930s Menu Art Arizona Indian curries "cooked by a

Indian curries "cooked by a native chef" were on the menu three times a week

On either side of the chef is a turkey playing a grill-harp and a duck

Led by Guatemalan-born Celso Hurtado

It was all about huge steaks – ladies could ask for their own special cut – at prices that make us wistful today

elaborate dance numbers

Hotel Statler, Boston 1930s Menu Art Arizona Indian curries "cooked by aThis beautiful vintage menu cover in art deco style comes from the former Hotel Statler in Boston and dates from the 1930s. It shows two very elegant ladies and a gentleman at supper. The Statler was constructed in 1925 by the visionary businessman E M Statler whose chain of hotels catered to a population that had become more mobile thanks to the automobile. He was the first to introduce hotel rooms with private baths and he also invented the do not