I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] International date Line *Courtesy UNLV Special Collections

*Courtesy UNLV Special Collections

Montana for Yellowstone Park

Googie fit into the post-war optimism that lasted until 1964

There were times when the cafe's walls were covered with artwork that would be the envy of Sotheby's today

and then the "Extension" on Clay Street

I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Portrait Prints] International date Line *Courtesy UNLV Special CollectionsAlso available as a square print. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained popular up to