Hotel New Yorker "Arms", New York, 1942 Biff's they and fellow astronaut Michael

they and fellow astronaut Michael Collins were guests at this dinner given in their honor in Los Angeles

five years after the hotel opened

the female minstrel is also an entertainer and the gentleman in his evening finery has obviously had his fill of bubbly

The charming menu cover pays homage to Mexico's best-known folk song "La Cucaracha

" maitre d' Jesus Adorno told The London Evening Standard

Hotel New Yorker "Arms", New York, 1942 Biff's they and fellow astronaut MichaelCompleted in 1929, the Hotel New Yorker boasted 2,500 rooms within its 43 stories and was, in that era, the tallest and most mechanized hotel in the world. It also had its own print shop that produced classic menus like this four part series from 1942, the year after the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought America into the Second World War. In striking colors, these menu covers proudly declared that America "rallies its resources in times of need."